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[Opinions] Re: Rachel
I prefer Rachael. It's never been popular at all where I live, at least not in English. In Afrikaans, pronounced RRAH-CHel, it's more frequent.Good name; biblical but not aggressively so; sounds pretty. Only problem is that it shortens to Ray, which I deplore, though others here have said this doesn't happen in the US.
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I've known Rachels in Canada who used the nn Ray. It's not automatic, but it is common enough.
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Rachel doesn't become Ray in the UK either. Every Rachel I have ever known has been Rachel or Rach.
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