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Re: Trying to name a girl
Okay :)
I'm not from the US and I've never been there so if you say a lot names with "-ar-" in them are pronounced mehr and mair I believe you. But I didn't know that before so the concept seemed weird to me.Sure, sometimes it's impossible to pass the correct pronunciations of names from one language to another and if Maren not being said "mah-ren" in American English is one of those cases then that's just how it is.
My own name is pronounced differently by people who only speak English and I have to be okay with that. I'm bilingual so I know what happens in one languages accent just can't happen in another.And if one of my favourite Romanian boys names has doubled-up in spelling with a variation of spelling of the American version of Maren then that's okay. Now I know that's what the story is!Sorry for all the explaining you had to do ^_^"
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No problem at all! The OP may very well not be from the US either. I think "MAH-rin" is certainly doable it just probably wouldn't be the first instinct for most Americans. And quite frankly, Maren/Marin is by no means a popular name here. I've only heard of/met 2 (one with each spelling) and they're both late 20s

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Thanks, Ismene ::salutes::
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