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Help[Opinions] Re: Bryony
in reply to a message by Perrine
You are right, Bryony feels very, very British. Up there with Hermione and Jasper (imo).
Now, normally I'm someone who sticks to traditional spellings (both because it's usually more convenient for the bearer, and often there's a reason it's the traditional spelling - i.e. it looks best), and I know that the plant's name is "white bryony," but... I do not like those double-Ys. It just looks so weird to me. That, and the Ys are pronounced differently (long-I, and then long-E). This is why I prefer the "variant" spelling, Briony (which is the spelling used in the movie Atonement).
That said, I actually like the similar botanical name Briar more than Briony (which also kind of sounds like "briny" if you say it too quickly).
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Now, normally I'm someone who sticks to traditional spellings (both because it's usually more convenient for the bearer, and often there's a reason it's the traditional spelling - i.e. it looks best), and I know that the plant's name is "white bryony," but... I do not like those double-Ys. It just looks so weird to me. That, and the Ys are pronounced differently (long-I, and then long-E). This is why I prefer the "variant" spelling, Briony (which is the spelling used in the movie Atonement).
That said, I actually like the similar botanical name Briar more than Briony (which also kind of sounds like "briny" if you say it too quickly).
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