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Help[Opinions] Re: Noel
in reply to a message by Lorenz0
It depends on any accent mark.
Without any markings, I would pronounce it "NOLE," as in Noel Coward and assume it was a boy's name.
If there are two dots over the "e," then I would pronounce it "no-ELL," as in "The First Noe"l" or the French word for Christmas. I would consider this to be a girl's name, the same way Summer, Autumn, Winter are.
BTW, I intensely dislike the Noelle spelling.
Without any markings, I would pronounce it "NOLE," as in Noel Coward and assume it was a boy's name.
If there are two dots over the "e," then I would pronounce it "no-ELL," as in "The First Noe"l" or the French word for Christmas. I would consider this to be a girl's name, the same way Summer, Autumn, Winter are.
BTW, I intensely dislike the Noelle spelling.
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