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[Opinions] Rowena
I wish it could be pronounced any way but row-EE-na, which sounds so silly to me! I usually end up saying RO-enn-a, like Rowan, or row-ENN-na.I don't think I know anyone personally who's butchered the pronunciation of their name, though. Poor Chloe; Chlo is horrible.
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agree as wellI love Rowena pron. with an open "eh" sound as in "bet", rather than with a long -ee sound.
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Big ditto
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Is it ro-ENN-a if you spell it Rowenna?
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Probably. After all, Morwenna is mor-WEN-na, and Rowenna is very similar. Of course, now we're kree8ivleigh spelling/inventing a name to get to a deliberate mispronunciation!
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Oh, good one. I was crushed when I learned it was row-EE-na. I had been saying (and loving) ROW-en-na for years. I hate row-EE-na. It's so...whiny.
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D: Omg, I thought that they were just being hick-ish in Gracie's Choice when they kept pronouncing the mom's name as ro-WEE-na. That's really how it's said?:( Sad. I've been saying row-ENN-a all this time. Way better that way.
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Ditto, I thought row-ENN-a was right too
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Ditto about Rowena!
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