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Help[Opinions] Re: How did they pronounce it?
in reply to a message by Janan
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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