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in reply to a message by Pie
I was thinking about Janet the other day, and how it would be a pert new hipster choice and is actually really cute. I think a lot of these '30s and '40s names will start coming back soon. Pauline especially seems ripe for the edgy picking, it's still got some satisfying crunch to it.
I also really like Carol Anne as a double name, and I play around with Joan, Jennifer and Jean as middle often, to honour my great-great grandmother Jeanne "Jennie".
OK combos:
Carol Anne Christine "Carrie"
Janet Christine?
Janet Valerie oh yeah that's good hipster
Jennifer Janet awww
Pauline Mary
Sandra Pauline awwwwwww
I also really like Carol Anne as a double name, and I play around with Joan, Jennifer and Jean as middle often, to honour my great-great grandmother Jeanne "Jennie".
OK combos:
Carol Anne Christine "Carrie"
Janet Christine?
Janet Valerie oh yeah that's good hipster
Jennifer Janet awww
Pauline Mary
Sandra Pauline awwwwwww
This message was edited 4/21/2015, 7:06 AM
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That's how I pronounce it too, and I'm from the Midwest. I've never understood the name's appeal. lol.
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I think the issue here is the way US pronunciation has changed, leaving the rest of us behind.
In UK English, paw sounds like or, with a p in front and no r at the end.(In the IPA, it'd be /pɔ/.) In the States, from what I hear, paw sounds like far, with a p instead of the f and with no r at the end.
Please give me feedback on this, because I've never been to the US (which is too huge to generalise about anyway!) and my info comes mostly from good old CNN!
In UK English, paw sounds like or, with a p in front and no r at the end.(In the IPA, it'd be /pɔ/.) In the States, from what I hear, paw sounds like far, with a p instead of the f and with no r at the end.
Please give me feedback on this, because I've never been to the US (which is too huge to generalise about anyway!) and my info comes mostly from good old CNN!
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