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HelpI'm going to agree with RoxStar for the 1000th time...
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I don't see anything wrong with Rosalie Violet Kelley. Actually, I think it's quite pretty. It's not really a big deal to correct people on the syllable emphasis of Rosalie (unless you're pronouncing it ROZ-a-lee? I assume not). Admittedly, this is coming from someone who has had to spell her first name out all her life and then at 28 chose an even more difficult (middle) name to go by. With the nature of naming these days, though, nearly everyone has to correct and/or spell out.
Just curious, though - what exactly sounds too ethnic about Katrina Kelley? I'm not seeing it.
As an aside, I love Persephone, Isis, and Thalia. I do like the "THAY-lee-ah" pronunciation, but the one I use is "THAL-ee-ah." Persephone would probably have been my choice for myself if I hadn't immediately struck a chord with my new name.
Just curious, though - what exactly sounds too ethnic about Katrina Kelley? I'm not seeing it.
As an aside, I love Persephone, Isis, and Thalia. I do like the "THAY-lee-ah" pronunciation, but the one I use is "THAL-ee-ah." Persephone would probably have been my choice for myself if I hadn't immediately struck a chord with my new name.
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Thalia...
I don't care for it, because I don't like th sounds, but I do like the pronunciation Thay-Lee-A. Or rather, Thayl-yuh.
Funny thing is, Thalia is the name of the town in Larry McMurtry's Last Picture Show series. But for some reason, when they made movies of some of the books, they changed the name of the town to Anarene.
There really is a Thalia, Texas, but the one McMurtry uses is made up and I think, in a different part of the state from the real Thalia. In any case I have no idea how the book Thalia is supposed to be pronounced, but I assume it's Thayl-yuh.
I don't care for it, because I don't like th sounds, but I do like the pronunciation Thay-Lee-A. Or rather, Thayl-yuh.
Funny thing is, Thalia is the name of the town in Larry McMurtry's Last Picture Show series. But for some reason, when they made movies of some of the books, they changed the name of the town to Anarene.
There really is a Thalia, Texas, but the one McMurtry uses is made up and I think, in a different part of the state from the real Thalia. In any case I have no idea how the book Thalia is supposed to be pronounced, but I assume it's Thayl-yuh.
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that was a bi deterrent for me, the "TH" is a bit of a turn off, but the alia is pretty.
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Hmm... I like the "TH," I find it interesting. It stands out from most of the sounds that are popular right now. But I also have weird preferences when it comes to sounds in words and names - for instance, I love names that begin with F and "Ar."
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For some reason, he finds Katrina too European (as opposed to Irish or Enlish sounding?). He is also bothered by the hurricane assoc.
We both liked Persephone a bit but thought it would get shortened and did not want a name too long, I had a discussion with him about changing it to that last week and he said he would not change it to Persephone, likes Rosalie MUCH better, so I know that is out. Isis is out even though I LOVE it b/c he feels it is just too close to Isabel in spelling (not pron.)
Thalia-I went back and forth on this and we decided on Rosalie over Thalia, but it was pretty close.
So my options to revisit or discuss with him would be Thalia, Katrina, Violet, or something new. He likes Rosalie better than all of those so it will be a hard sell.
We both liked Persephone a bit but thought it would get shortened and did not want a name too long, I had a discussion with him about changing it to that last week and he said he would not change it to Persephone, likes Rosalie MUCH better, so I know that is out. Isis is out even though I LOVE it b/c he feels it is just too close to Isabel in spelling (not pron.)
Thalia-I went back and forth on this and we decided on Rosalie over Thalia, but it was pretty close.
So my options to revisit or discuss with him would be Thalia, Katrina, Violet, or something new. He likes Rosalie better than all of those so it will be a hard sell.
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