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HelpRe: #21-40 girls, UK 1944. Comments welcome!
in reply to a message by Pie
I'd use Gillian and perhaps Sylvia as mns - more likely Gillian. And also Rosemary, which I might even consider as a fn.
My dislike of -een names (Eileen, Doreen) extends to Jacqueline, which I'm afraid was probably pronounced Jackweleen. Carol is somewhat OK, but that -ole spelling kills it. Marion would be improved as Marianne. Sheila should be pretty - it's such a quiet name, impossible to shout - and I do prefer it to Shirley, just, but I wouldn't use either.
Brenda, Linda, June and Joyce make my toes curl up with horror.
Combos:
Gillian Rosemary
Sheila Dorothy
My dislike of -een names (Eileen, Doreen) extends to Jacqueline, which I'm afraid was probably pronounced Jackweleen. Carol is somewhat OK, but that -ole spelling kills it. Marion would be improved as Marianne. Sheila should be pretty - it's such a quiet name, impossible to shout - and I do prefer it to Shirley, just, but I wouldn't use either.
Brenda, Linda, June and Joyce make my toes curl up with horror.
Combos:
Gillian Rosemary
Sheila Dorothy
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I once worked with a Jacqueline who would have been born at about that time, and she pronounced it JACKAL inn. Yuck!
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