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What are your opinions on the name Lucia prn. Loo-See-A
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I love Lucia pronounced LOO-sha or (especially) loo-CHEE-ah (it reminds me of the saint). Something about loo-SEE-ah, though, really ticks me off.loo-SEE-a sounds horribly frilly and weird to my ears. For some reason it's one of those names that always gives the impression that the parents chose it just so they could call her Lucy, which boils my blood because Lucy is a full name all on it's own (look, Ma, no hands!). I know that Lucia isn't used that way any more than Lucille, Lucinda, Lucasta, etc., etc., but it sounds like that to me because the -ah sounds like an afterthought. Like it was added to Lucy. loo-SEE-ah doesn't seem to have a life of its own, the way Lucille etc. etc. do.That is why I really hate loo-SEE-ah. It all boils down to personal opinion, frankly. And frustration with the common opinion that Lucy, Sylvie and their ilk aren't names, just nicknames. Which you, of course, had nothing to do with. Sorry for such a long rant.
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I love it. It's a name I would consider using. :-)
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Love it!Though I pronounce it LOO-sha.
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It's a lovely name
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I love Lucia, but I pronounce it loo-CHEE-ah. Pronounced the other way it's nms, but I'd still love to see it used.
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I love it, pn only the way you are. I really dislike Lucy though, between that and the popularity I can't use it. But its still great
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Like it a lot.Pronounced either Loo-see-ah or Loo-chay-ah. It's on my potential PNL list, but I haven't found a name that works in combo with it.
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I absolutely love Lucia, that pronunciation only. I'm a sucker for the nickname Lucy, too.
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The only way I like this name is if it's pronounced Loo-sha.

This message was edited 4/19/2008, 7:23 PM

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love itxc
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I like it a lot but only the way you pronounce it, loo-SEE-ah. I don't like loo-CHEE-ah or LOO-sha. I think it's lovely, and it's been on my PNL for awhile now. I haven't seemed to get tired of it.
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It's nice, but bear in mind that the girl will have to constantly have to correct pronunciation.
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I dislike that pronunciation of it. It just...does nothing for me.However, I love the name pronounced loo-CHEE-uh. It has a "spark" to it this way.
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