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[Opinions] Re: Micah and Kerstin

by Miranda (Randee15)

6/4/2005, 11:36 AM

Micah is MIE-kah, as in MYE-kah or MY-kah. The pronunciation key is provided next to any pronunciation entry, though admittedly it's in rather small font. I quite like Micah (for a boy only, since it was a male name in the Bible), it sounds sweet and offbeat to me.

I don't really care for the look of Kerstin though. If your German or Swedish, I would of course recommend Kerstin to honour your heritage, but otherwise I prefer the Scottish spelling of this name, Kirstin. As for the sound, it's very pretty, but somehow rather bland to me.

EDIT: Clarified and slightly expanded Micah's gender issue.

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This message was edited 6/4/2005, 11:42 AM

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- Alice (alice17) +1

6/4/2005, 11:43 AM

I did look at the pronounciation key but I have heard it pronounced both ways (Sarah says me)

I admit I would probably only use Kerstin if I married a German boy ;)

Thanks :)

Alice

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- Miranda (Randee15)

6/4/2005, 11:46 AM

Ah, OK then. I wasn't sure you understood the pronunciation key. :-)

Slightly off-topic... MEE-kah is how you would spell the pronunciation Sarah gave you in the BtN key. I tend to find BtN's pronunciation key very easy to understand once you know what's what, so I tend to use the key when I write my own pronunciations.

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