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HelpRe: Still suffering from name regret-thoughts/advice appreciated (LONG)
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Violet is lovely and I don't think its relative popularity is that big a deal. And it would be easier just to flip the names around, sure.
On the other hand...
I don't know, I think Rosalie is pretty pronounced both ways. Plus it's only a difference in syllable stress, right? To me that's not as dramatic between Caroline / Carolyn or something like Maya being pronounced MAY-uh instead of MY-uh (or vice versa). The only people who are going to mispronounce it on a regular basis will be strangers. Is seven weeks not long enough to warm up to beautiful Rosalie? Your call. :)
On the other hand...
I don't know, I think Rosalie is pretty pronounced both ways. Plus it's only a difference in syllable stress, right? To me that's not as dramatic between Caroline / Carolyn or something like Maya being pronounced MAY-uh instead of MY-uh (or vice versa). The only people who are going to mispronounce it on a regular basis will be strangers. Is seven weeks not long enough to warm up to beautiful Rosalie? Your call. :)
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You are right, the issue of stress is not as dramatic as a letter change, it is more the issue of it's sounding as though people are saying it as two names, just putting the emphasis there on LEE. I know almost all names get mispronounced, but for some reason this sounds like butchering to my ear in a way that makes me cringe/turns it from pretty to tacky even though it is not even a different letter, just an issue of stress!
Maybe I do need more time to warm up to it, and jsut deal with the fact that this will occasionally happen. Everyone seems too like it when we mention it-but I hate to pass by an opportunity to "get it right." Violet is certainly the other option, it may not gain as mcuh popularity as I think.
Maybe I do need more time to warm up to it, and jsut deal with the fact that this will occasionally happen. Everyone seems too like it when we mention it-but I hate to pass by an opportunity to "get it right." Violet is certainly the other option, it may not gain as mcuh popularity as I think.
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