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[Opinions] Re: A few names
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Laurie is OK but only as a nn. Better than Larry.Mariel is quite nice: more interesting than Marion and streets ahead of Muriel. How would you pronounce it? I say it like Mary'll.A good friend, Dutch and named Odile, was a diabetic and died too young. Then there's the Black Swan in Swan Lake! But I prefer Odile to Odette.

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I think I like more of the soft mahr-ee-el prn myself.I feel the Black Swan reference when I think of it! I also prefer it to Odette; all I could think of with Odette is "owe debt."