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Marlena/Marlene
What do you think of the name Marlena / Marlene (mar-LAYN-uh)?
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I love them both, thought I slightly prefer Marlene.
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I love them said mar-LAYN-uh. I tend to like Mar- names; there's something strong about the sound, IMO, and Marlene / Marlena has an added touch of something more exotic. Probably because it reminds me of Marlene Dietrich.
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I really love Marlena, but I pronounce it Mar-LEE-Na, as does most other Americans. I like Marlene too, as a mn. I, and most other Americans, pronounce it Mar-LEEN.
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I adore Marlena. Marlene probably won't be prn mar-LAYN-uh but mar-LAYN or either mar-LEEN (at least where I am). So if you're looking for that prn, I'd go with Marlena, since it's more likely to get prn correctly. Plus I just think the 'a' makes it so much more feminine.
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I like Marlene, proncunced Mar-layn. I had a friend with that name!
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I love Marlena.
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I had a teachernamed Marlene, and she was a terrible teacher. She was so bad. Oh my god, she was so bad. And when we found out her name was Marlene, we were delightfully disgusted. How fitting, we thought.One day she told us the story behind her name. Her parents were from Germany and named her a pretty name "mah-LAY-na." But it was pronounced "MAR-LEEN" in the US, which was really ugly and horrible, but she was stuck with it. I always thought that was interesting.You'll never get Americans to pronounce Marlene like marlaynuh. Marlene is REALLY middle-aged woman who smokes to me. Marlena's somewhat better, but it's got the same vibes.
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