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It's interesting, but I still prefer Juliet.

I might like Julitta if it were Julida. I don't like -ita and -itta endings because they look so diminutive - trivializing, to me. Also -ette/a seems like that to me.

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Clarabelle's a cow, but Claribel is the subject of romantic poetry.
http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=33670&poem=398224

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- chazda

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Julietta is far, far, FAR nicer. Julitta looks like a mess to me.

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I hate Clarabelle, but Clara Belle is nice.

Julitta is very nice, although I would prefer Julietta, Actress Marcia Gay Harden has a daughter named Julitta. I would pronounce it as JOOL-ee-tah

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Clarabelle is beautiful! My grandmother's name is actually Clara Belle, she goes by Belle though : )

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This message was edited 2/11/2006, 11:57 AM

I can't warm to Julitta. I also assume it's joo-LEE-tah. I love Clara, but Clarabelle is too associated with a cow imo. :(

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~Heather~

Clarabelle

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This is what I think of when I hear Clarabelle:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarabelle_Cow

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I don't like Julitta at all. Clara is lovely, but Clarabelle will always be either a clown or a cow to me.

I would pronounce it Joo-LITT-ah. Julitta is kind of frilly but I don't mind frilly names. There is a place Julita in Sweden, we pronounce it Yoo-LEE-tah, I guess Joo-LEE-ta in English.

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I prefer Christabel to Clarabelle. I like Clara but Clarebelle makes me think of a cartoon cow.

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"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

Julitta, to me, seems incomplete - I want to type or read Julietta instead. it is also a bit frilly, I like Juliet or Julia better, even if they are a bit more common.

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Clarabelle is nms - I don't really like contracted names.

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Father: The mill's closed. There's no more work. We're destitute. I'm afraid I have no choice but to sell you all for scientific experiments.
(The Meaning of Life)

I've never heard it pronounced, but I'd have guessed joo-LITT-ah by the spelling. (To me, joo-LEET-ah should be Julita.) Either way, it doesn't sound that pretty to me. I prefer Julietta.

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I love Clarabelle, this spelling especially. A great alternative to dull Claire and Isabelle.

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♥Elinor♥

I'm sorry to say i don't like Julitta (it's too...something), and I don't like Clarabelle, I'm not too fond of Clara/Clair names in general, putting -belle behind it doesn't change that for me.

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To my sweet muse
Every time you rip my heart out
Every time you break it
I pick up the pen I hold in my hands
And write the most beautiful poems
But you know what
If it's alright by you
I'd rather be happy than a poet