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Help[Opinions] How did they pronounce it?
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I think it's beautiful, but there are multiple ways of saying the name which could potentially be confusing!
Marlena needs to go back on my list.
Marlena needs to go back on my list.
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MAHR-leen
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Did you hear the "n"? Because if I heard a name that sounded like that on a little kid I'd probably guess it was Marley.
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Gosh - I've never heard that one. Only marLEEN or marLAYna.
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Same here, and I’ve only ever seen mar-LAY-na in an Asimov book. It’s always mar-LEEN around here, and it’s super dated and “country”, like all the other -leen/-lene names. I would expect a Marlene to be a large, rude, heavily-wrinkled woman in too much makeup and a leopard-print coat, taking huge draws on a cigarette so that the ash gets impossibly long, and then stubbing it anywhere she feels like it. I would NOT find it refreshing on a young girl.
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I use to know a girl named Marlene, she was a classmate.
she was small, thin and blonde, funny enough to get you in trouble in class, and a good friend. Re your description, I think she did smoke.
I didn't smoke, too poor!
she was small, thin and blonde, funny enough to get you in trouble in class, and a good friend. Re your description, I think she did smoke.
I didn't smoke, too poor!
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