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HelpB & G Twins - G = Sophronia & B = Sophronius - with different nicknames
Parents have Boy & Girl Twins & want them to share the same root name, but utilize different nicknames.
This is mostly food for thought; the result will just reveal that reality is sometimes different than the black & white meanings we derive from paper.
The girl's name will be Sophronia - and as expected, the accent would be on the second syllable--and the letter /i/ might predictably be pronounced as though a letter /e/ - exemplifying a schwa.
The boys name is Sophronius - but perhaps NOT as expected, the accent for the entire name falls on the letter /i/ - but here it is a long /i/ sonority and does not occur until the third syllable. Since the accent does not occur until the third syllable - the letter /i/ MAY NOT have a long /i/ sonority or a short /i/ sonority. This set of situational variance helps differentiate between the twins - and (if you prefer) between the genders. Sophia & Sophia - if we have a short /i/ for the girl & a long /i/ for the boy, are not the same. Is this possible? Might this have ever been a practical scenario, or will it ever be? I cannot prove that it has or that it has not occurred, but is this possible?
Can the girl be Sophia, and, the boy be Sophius / Sophias - again, for the boy, the accent is on the last syllable, and letter /i/ - may be long or short, but since it blends into a diphthong - and we can add the /s/ for the boy if the letter /i/ is short. The nicknames CANNOT be the same. The parents would lose their minds.
Even if he drops the /s/ - Sophia would be pronounced with a long /i/. There is effervescent variance in the pronunciations of vowels - and there is variance in the degree of accent - and volume fluctuations amidst syllabic accent when a name is spoken.
I add this more as an exercise for thought - but comment if you like.
This is mostly food for thought; the result will just reveal that reality is sometimes different than the black & white meanings we derive from paper.
The girl's name will be Sophronia - and as expected, the accent would be on the second syllable--and the letter /i/ might predictably be pronounced as though a letter /e/ - exemplifying a schwa.
The boys name is Sophronius - but perhaps NOT as expected, the accent for the entire name falls on the letter /i/ - but here it is a long /i/ sonority and does not occur until the third syllable. Since the accent does not occur until the third syllable - the letter /i/ MAY NOT have a long /i/ sonority or a short /i/ sonority. This set of situational variance helps differentiate between the twins - and (if you prefer) between the genders. Sophia & Sophia - if we have a short /i/ for the girl & a long /i/ for the boy, are not the same. Is this possible? Might this have ever been a practical scenario, or will it ever be? I cannot prove that it has or that it has not occurred, but is this possible?
Can the girl be Sophia, and, the boy be Sophius / Sophias - again, for the boy, the accent is on the last syllable, and letter /i/ - may be long or short, but since it blends into a diphthong - and we can add the /s/ for the boy if the letter /i/ is short. The nicknames CANNOT be the same. The parents would lose their minds.
Even if he drops the /s/ - Sophia would be pronounced with a long /i/. There is effervescent variance in the pronunciations of vowels - and there is variance in the degree of accent - and volume fluctuations amidst syllabic accent when a name is spoken.
I add this more as an exercise for thought - but comment if you like.
This message was edited 8/19/2018, 3:42 AM
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