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Subject: Re: Which do you prefer?
Author: Anneza   (guest, 163.200.81.4)
Date: September 16, 2002 at 8:53:13 AM
Reply to: Which do you prefer? by Arimaen
Worry not about the subject line - it happens to the best of us!

Anes looks like a minor adjustment of Agnes to me - not pronounced the English way (AGnes) but the French (AHNyes) with that same -ny- sound that the -gn- makes in champaGNe. And, yes, it does sound nice!

Very tactful of the sci-fi authors to give us names we can pronounce instead of the Szxyccggrwq that their characters probably would have if only ... if only ...

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