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Help[Opinions] Walterine, Geraldine, Ernestine
Hee hee hee. I have been so tickled by stuffy old masculine names made feminine. I have found that they all seem to work with Clara. Observe:
Clara Ernestine (my personal favorite, and the combo which started all of this off) *
Clara Geraldine
Clara Walterine
Clara Thomasina (not a new love)
I am trying to find alternates to all of these. So far I have come up with:
Catherine Geraldine
Edith Walterine but I don't like this very much
Martha Thomasina
Jane Ernestine
WDYT?
Clara Ernestine (my personal favorite, and the combo which started all of this off) *
Clara Geraldine
Clara Walterine
Clara Thomasina (not a new love)
I am trying to find alternates to all of these. So far I have come up with:
Catherine Geraldine
Edith Walterine but I don't like this very much
Martha Thomasina
Jane Ernestine
WDYT?
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actually, why not just call the girl walter?
:)CHYEA!
:)CHYEA!
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LOL
You have a point. What do these -ine constructions really do, anyway? That is one reason I'm so intrigued with these frumpy feminized names - they're just so silly.
You have a point. What do these -ine constructions really do, anyway? That is one reason I'm so intrigued with these frumpy feminized names - they're just so silly.
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Clara
My perception of Clara seems do be different from all of you guyses. Interesting, interesting, interesting! There is something a little snarky about Clara to me. Not the gutless simpering Cara or the flighty self-indulgent Claire, but cool, clumsy, slightly clunky, slightly cowish, slightly old-lady Clara. Cl- is a very old noise: Clarence, Claribel, Clyde, Clement. Claire is the only name where it's fashionable, and Clementine lately. Objectively it is a very awkward syllable. And the turning around of the tongue after the ar-, after you have already done a bit of twisting to get "clair" out - I dunno. And all of this packed into five letters. Clara's got surface delicacy, maybe, but I think she's got a lot of depth.
interesting interesting! I will respond to more soon. :D
My perception of Clara seems do be different from all of you guyses. Interesting, interesting, interesting! There is something a little snarky about Clara to me. Not the gutless simpering Cara or the flighty self-indulgent Claire, but cool, clumsy, slightly clunky, slightly cowish, slightly old-lady Clara. Cl- is a very old noise: Clarence, Claribel, Clyde, Clement. Claire is the only name where it's fashionable, and Clementine lately. Objectively it is a very awkward syllable. And the turning around of the tongue after the ar-, after you have already done a bit of twisting to get "clair" out - I dunno. And all of this packed into five letters. Clara's got surface delicacy, maybe, but I think she's got a lot of depth.
interesting interesting! I will respond to more soon. :D
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Thank God I am not the only one who is in love with all the possible odd femiziations of masculine names: My own faves are Earline, Ottline, Adamina, Alberta, Sébastienne, Timothea, Samuela and Albertine. The only poster who I remember liking those was Eilis - at least I remember her gorgeous Christophine.
Clara Ernestine (my personal favorite, and the combo which started all of this off) *
- Maybe Ernestine Clara? Clara Ernestine is good, but for some reason I feel like I have seen something similar like thousand times. :P
Clara Geraldine
- This is better. Clara is still a little weird with those stuffy names: it is already so "salong-sweet" that all those fussy -ine ends make it just over-sugary. Fifi Geraldine would be more honest. :D :D
Clara Walterine
- This is good. And - Walterine - *is near to fall from the chair*
Clara Thomasina (not a new love)
- *falls* I've always thought Thomasina is such a rough, builderish name - Clara fits it so perfectly!
Catherine Geraldine
- Although CKE wrote it shouldn't be rhymig, I pronounce it KATH-reen JE-rel-deen, and that's rhyming. :D
Edith Walterine but I don't like this very much
- I like it. A little angular (but weak, too) Edith needs a powerful, friendly softener, and I think Walterine is a grat candidate here.
Martha Thomasina
- tah/taw. Meh, too much of different "t"s.
Jane Ernestine
- JAYN er-ne-STEEN rhymes, too. No? The idea is good. Maybe Joan Ernestine?
Clara Ernestine (my personal favorite, and the combo which started all of this off) *
- Maybe Ernestine Clara? Clara Ernestine is good, but for some reason I feel like I have seen something similar like thousand times. :P
Clara Geraldine
- This is better. Clara is still a little weird with those stuffy names: it is already so "salong-sweet" that all those fussy -ine ends make it just over-sugary. Fifi Geraldine would be more honest. :D :D
Clara Walterine
- This is good. And - Walterine - *is near to fall from the chair*
Clara Thomasina (not a new love)
- *falls* I've always thought Thomasina is such a rough, builderish name - Clara fits it so perfectly!
Catherine Geraldine
- Although CKE wrote it shouldn't be rhymig, I pronounce it KATH-reen JE-rel-deen, and that's rhyming. :D
Edith Walterine but I don't like this very much
- I like it. A little angular (but weak, too) Edith needs a powerful, friendly softener, and I think Walterine is a grat candidate here.
Martha Thomasina
- tah/taw. Meh, too much of different "t"s.
Jane Ernestine
- JAYN er-ne-STEEN rhymes, too. No? The idea is good. Maybe Joan Ernestine?
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Oh yes, Clara Ernestine is very BTNtypical. Sometimes I indulge myself thus. :P Schumann's fiancee was Ernestine and he ended up marrying Clara, which is where I came up with this combo - Clara's name was Clara Josephine, and I find that reversing it for Josephine Clara makes it much more interesting and beautiful even though I normally do not like Josephine.
Recommended reading RE Thomasina: Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Oh Thomasina. ♥
Ottline-is that a typo for Ottoline? Ottoline is one of my very favorite names.
I pronounce the "th" in Martha. (That is funny, how in America/England we pronounce the TH in Martha but not in Thomasina - that didn't even occur to me.)
Ernestine I emphasize the first syllable, so it doesn't feel rhymey. Joan Ernestine is nice, very stately, but Jane's sweet light fuchsia is totally different from Joan's broad blue.
Thanks!
Recommended reading RE Thomasina: Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Oh Thomasina. ♥
Ottline-is that a typo for Ottoline? Ottoline is one of my very favorite names.
I pronounce the "th" in Martha. (That is funny, how in America/England we pronounce the TH in Martha but not in Thomasina - that didn't even occur to me.)
Ernestine I emphasize the first syllable, so it doesn't feel rhymey. Joan Ernestine is nice, very stately, but Jane's sweet light fuchsia is totally different from Joan's broad blue.
Thanks!
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I have long loved Ernestine and Geraldine is nice too. I must agree that Walterine doesn't sound nearly as pretty. I do like Clara Ernestine quite a lot. Other ideas for you (peeking at your PNL)...
Glaudia Geraldine
Ernestine Blythe
Vera Ernestine / Vera Walterine
Iris Ernestine
Julia Geraldine
Leda Thomasine
Irina Ernestine (i and e names sound so pretty together; as to c and e names; and l and e names, I have found, generally)
Lydia Thomasine
Glaudia Geraldine
Ernestine Blythe
Vera Ernestine / Vera Walterine
Iris Ernestine
Julia Geraldine
Leda Thomasine
Irina Ernestine (i and e names sound so pretty together; as to c and e names; and l and e names, I have found, generally)
Lydia Thomasine
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Ooooh Vera! Perfect!
Funny about I and E names, I will take note of that. I have noticed Ivy Elizabeth being really good, I will pay attention in the future.
Julia Geraldine, how vivid.
Heh @ Lydia Thomasine. When my English teacher's wife was having a baby, I typed him up a big long list of Guidelines for Tasteful Naming, and a big long list of recommendations, and the name I told him I had picked out for his daughter was Lydia Thomasina Thompson. She ended up being named Elizabeth Reed "Reed" but I still think of her as Lydia Thomasina.
Thanks!
Funny about I and E names, I will take note of that. I have noticed Ivy Elizabeth being really good, I will pay attention in the future.
Julia Geraldine, how vivid.
Heh @ Lydia Thomasine. When my English teacher's wife was having a baby, I typed him up a big long list of Guidelines for Tasteful Naming, and a big long list of recommendations, and the name I told him I had picked out for his daughter was Lydia Thomasina Thompson. She ended up being named Elizabeth Reed "Reed" but I still think of her as Lydia Thomasina.
Thanks!
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Clara just screams "Pwetty pwetty pwincess!" at me, so I think it clashes terribly in those combos. I know you're going for contrast, but it's like pink and lacy + crackly and harsh. It's a bit funny.
I really love Jane Ernestine and Martha Thomasina.
I want to smush Marie in front of all of them, but I think it rhymes a bit.
I made a list of masculine NNs for feminine names for a friend of mine, and ended up falling head-over-heels for Jamesina recently. :-P
I really love Jane Ernestine and Martha Thomasina.
I want to smush Marie in front of all of them, but I think it rhymes a bit.
I made a list of masculine NNs for feminine names for a friend of mine, and ended up falling head-over-heels for Jamesina recently. :-P
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Ohhh Jamesina! I forgot about her! I am crazy about Jamesina lately too and meant to ask because I have absolutely zero combos for it. Even more recent than J. is Benjamina, which is just fascinating to me.
Funny. I think one of the reasons I stick Clara with it is because I view Clara as kind of snark bundled in tutus or something, and that is kind of the effect I get with these stuffy male names + ine - like, why are you sticking this ine on me, man, this is ridiculous.
I like Marie in front of them, I emphasize the first syllable in all of them but Thomasina.
Funny. I think one of the reasons I stick Clara with it is because I view Clara as kind of snark bundled in tutus or something, and that is kind of the effect I get with these stuffy male names + ine - like, why are you sticking this ine on me, man, this is ridiculous.
I like Marie in front of them, I emphasize the first syllable in all of them but Thomasina.
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Clara Ernestine and Clara Geraldine are nice. Clara's utter prettiness offsets the harsh masculinity of the mns, which I like (mismatch-y combos like that always make me happy). I think you'd need a really dainty and feminine (note: NOT necessarily pwetty pwetty princess) name just like Clara for these kinds of combos to work. Feminine, but not fragile, names like Catherine, Martha, and Edith don't work as well as names like Clara and Jane.
Walterine makes me think of Listerine.
Alice Geraldine? Marie Ernestine? Julia Thomasina?
Walterine makes me think of Listerine.
Alice Geraldine? Marie Ernestine? Julia Thomasina?
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Marie Ernestine's perfect. I'm gonna experiment with some lighter FN's for these, I think. I've always viewed Martha as one tick darker than Clara, and Thomasina as one tick lighter than Ernestine and Geraldine, but I agree that there's something slightly too heavy about Edith. Alice is the perfect weight and attitude, but I can't stand almost any Alice combo for some reason.
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I, too, have grown fond of staunchly masculine names that have been feminized! I find Ernestine particularly alluring.
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I actually like Geraldine! I don't remember why... I think from a movie character. Walterine and Ernestine not so much, but they are a bit fun to play around with. Walterine reminds me of wolverine. :)
All of the combos are nice. It is funny how they all work with Clara... Clara Geraldine is a bit rhymey though. I really like Martha Thomasina.
All of the combos are nice. It is funny how they all work with Clara... Clara Geraldine is a bit rhymey though. I really like Martha Thomasina.
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English pronounciation is not my forte, but I still see a small difference only between the 2 names, it's basically -in vs. -een which still is too rhymey for a combo. But I might be not getting it.
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Don't know if this affects your perception, but the reason they don't sound rhymey to me is that they're stressed on different syllables. CATH-(e)-rin ger-al-DEEN.
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Well..
the reason they don't rhyme for me is because it's CATH-r(schwa)n GER-al-deen (or sometimes dine, depending on my fancy).
the reason they don't rhyme for me is because it's CATH-r(schwa)n GER-al-deen (or sometimes dine, depending on my fancy).
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Walterine is pushing the realms of good taste, lol.
It's not for me but I do love Ernestine and Thomasina although Thomasine is even better. You really need something light and girly like Clara with feminizations like these. I like the sound of Jane Thomasina, Martha Ernestine or Edith Jacobina or Georgina.
It's not for me but I do love Ernestine and Thomasina although Thomasine is even better. You really need something light and girly like Clara with feminizations like these. I like the sound of Jane Thomasina, Martha Ernestine or Edith Jacobina or Georgina.
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it doesn't even squeak into the realms of good taste imo.
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Oh yeah, I know. :P
I am just having some self-indulgent fun with silly names.
I am just having some self-indulgent fun with silly names.
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For Gps they're quite tame!
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ah... so thee are GPs then? That would explain everything...
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