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[Opinions] Re: Lina, Linna and Linnéa
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Linnea is my favourite girl name, period. If I'll ever get a daughter, her name will definitely be Linnea.I'm Finnish, so Linna is a bit too much of a word and a surname to me. Lina is OK, but I find it a little too plain.
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But what about Vanamo?I read that Vanamo is Finnish for linnéa, the twinflower."But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Yes, it is. Vanamo is a nice name, too, but I don't like it even nearly as much as I like Linnea. The main reason I love the name Linnea is because I love the way it sounds and looks, so it's not just the association to the flower that I find appealing.
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How is Vanamo pronounced?With the stress on the first syllable, VAN-ah-mo?"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Yep, VAN-ah-mo.
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