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Help[Opinions] Re: A few Greek names
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I really like Ariadne and Andromeda and I love Daphne. Helena is okay and Leni is fine as a nickname. I personally prefer Lena, but Leni is less obvious and cuter.
I know an Alethea in real life, by association. She pronounces her name with the 'lee' sound, like a-LEE-thee-ah. It's really not that pretty in person, and plus, she's flaky. No, she's not even flaky, she's the queen of flake. 'Lay' is better than 'lee', but I still can't like the name or get past my association of unhelpful and flaky neediness.
Callia is acceptable. I dislike Cali and I wouldn't use Callia, but I also wouldn't begrudge anyone for using it. Hallie is unattractive and I dislike Rhea.
I pronounce Ariadne ah-ri-AD-nee, where the 'ad' is closer to 'ahd' or a long 'ad' than a short 'ad', but not quite in my view. I wish I knew the proper Greek way of saying it, but I guess I'll never know. Sometimes it sounds remarkably pretty, sometimes silly silly, but I guess it’s far nicer said properly :P I've only ever heard ah-ri-AD-nee, though. I have heard arry-ADNY a lot which put me off for a long time. I think it might be one of the downsides to the name.
I say REE-a(h) for Rhea, a little reminiscent of diarrhoea. I consider it and that pronunciation to be particularly unattractive if not one of my least favourite names. If there's a nicer way of saying it, I might like it. I really hate the way I say it, though.
I know an Alethea in real life, by association. She pronounces her name with the 'lee' sound, like a-LEE-thee-ah. It's really not that pretty in person, and plus, she's flaky. No, she's not even flaky, she's the queen of flake. 'Lay' is better than 'lee', but I still can't like the name or get past my association of unhelpful and flaky neediness.
Callia is acceptable. I dislike Cali and I wouldn't use Callia, but I also wouldn't begrudge anyone for using it. Hallie is unattractive and I dislike Rhea.
I pronounce Ariadne ah-ri-AD-nee, where the 'ad' is closer to 'ahd' or a long 'ad' than a short 'ad', but not quite in my view. I wish I knew the proper Greek way of saying it, but I guess I'll never know. Sometimes it sounds remarkably pretty, sometimes silly silly, but I guess it’s far nicer said properly :P I've only ever heard ah-ri-AD-nee, though. I have heard arry-ADNY a lot which put me off for a long time. I think it might be one of the downsides to the name.
I say REE-a(h) for Rhea, a little reminiscent of diarrhoea. I consider it and that pronunciation to be particularly unattractive if not one of my least favourite names. If there's a nicer way of saying it, I might like it. I really hate the way I say it, though.
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