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Re: How would you spell a name
I think it was a guy :P That's why I thought of Cyan. Even though it could be for a girl too. I don't know :P Argh it sounds so nice and I can't find a way to write it down without it looking weird.
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Dion is a guy's name. Dionne is a girls name :-) I think Cionne & Sionne are nice and feminine ways to spell what you are looking for. Cyan just doesn't evoke the same pronunciation.
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Hmm Cionne and Sionne sound like see-OHN and not see-AHN to me. It was a long AAAAH sound :P
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Cianne and Sianne then?
When I see Sionne/Cionne I think Dionne which has the AHN ending and not the OHN that you are describing... I guess that's where the hang up is. Where do you live? Maybe that has something to do with it? Im in the Northeast US.
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Dionne has an OHN ending. At least it did in the movie Clueless and she was the only one I ever heard of (oh and Dionne Warwick). I'm probably just explaining it wrong, sorry, but the AHHH in see-AHN sounded different. Sorry, I suck at explaining pronunciations. Cianne is SEE-ann to me.I wish I could think of an example....Argh. I guess I'll probably go with Cyan and pronounce it SIE-an. I like that too :P
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hmmthis site says Dionne is pronouced dee-AHN and the AH sounds like it "pot" and "con". The AHH I mean sounds more like the AH in "arm" or the beginning of Ariana (ah-ree-AH-na).
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Ok to me those sounds are all identical.okay. so. I read most of this thread out loud because I am procrastinating and to illustrate the complete baffled-ness that goes through my mind during most of these pronunciation discussions.http://soundcloud.com/bringyourownbrahms/sounds/s-1WtDSapparently Cyan is emphasized on the first syllable! oops

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LolYup, these conversations get me so confused too!
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Lol, I'm sorry... we're missing something here... :-( hope you figure it out.
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tried to explain it above. not sure if that makes it any better ;) but this site says some people pronounce AH and AW the same so maybe that's what you do? because to me the last syllable in Dionne sounds somewhat like -awn (kind of as in Dawn) but it's closer to dee-OHN. Argh sorry hahaha.
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