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Help[Opinions] Re: Using Names You Can't Pronounce
in reply to a message by Lumiereslove
The "rarity" appeal, perhaps.
I confess to liking the idea of Ianthe but am not sure how it's pronounced. (I'd say eye-ann-thee). Same goes for Levana - I don't know which syllable is stressed. (I'd say luh-VAH-nuh but the Hebrew might stress the final syllable.)
Oh - I forgot to add Corinna - I love it if "koh-RIN-uh" but fear it's correctly koh-REE-nuh.
Ditto Coralie - love if coral-ee but not if Cora-lee.
In these cases, the look of the names attracts me, but I would hesitate to use them owing to the difficulties involved in arriving at a correct or consensual pronunciation!
I confess to liking the idea of Ianthe but am not sure how it's pronounced. (I'd say eye-ann-thee). Same goes for Levana - I don't know which syllable is stressed. (I'd say luh-VAH-nuh but the Hebrew might stress the final syllable.)
Oh - I forgot to add Corinna - I love it if "koh-RIN-uh" but fear it's correctly koh-REE-nuh.
Ditto Coralie - love if coral-ee but not if Cora-lee.
In these cases, the look of the names attracts me, but I would hesitate to use them owing to the difficulties involved in arriving at a correct or consensual pronunciation!
This message was edited 2/25/2013, 2:33 PM
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