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[Opinions] Re: Calliope
I dislike it. I also ran into a child Calliope once. My impression is that it's blowsy. Like Ruby... sort of loud and tacky. The O that is supposed to be long, comes out neutral in an American accent - it's ka-LIE-yuppy. (sorry to Callie, Callie is a nice nickname)- mirfak
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I've been trying to see how I say Calliope, sneaking up on myself. It's not a word/name I've uttered more than 5 times in my life, likely.
This will get me a reputation for talking to myself.
(not from the U.S., I'm extreme east-coast Canada.)I guess you could nick-name someone called Carolina, Callie. If you pronounced it Care-o-LINE-ah. LIke the states, North and South Carolina.

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Heh. It could be like in "eye opener" - yope instead of yup. I still don't like it.
I think you could nn Carolina "Callie," sure. As it's a contraction. And in some Southern accents to me it sounds like the O syllable is almost dropped, and the r is soft enough to drop out.
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...not all American accents.
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It's still ugly. ;-P
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