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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of -iva (derived from Old English gifu) names
Author: quigonjecca   (Authenticated as quigonjecca)
Date: October 25, 2007 at 6:25:40 AM
Reply to: Pronunciation of -iva (derived from Old English gifu) names by Camilla
I've always pronounced the names as follows:

Sunniva= sun-NEE-va

Godiva= go-DEE-va

Linniva= LINN-e-va

I may completely wrong, but this is how I pronounce these. I live in the USA.




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