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Justine and Justina
Wdyt? I like Justine and seems sophisticated.
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They’re both nice but I like Justine better.
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I really like both of these names, though I prefer Justine (as I prefer most -ine names to -ina names).I did know a Justina in elementary school, but she pronounced her name hoo-stee-nah (most of the Hispanic, mainly Mexican, students had immigrant parents, but I believe she was actually an immigrant herself). A lot of the teachers would call her Justina with a hard-J though. I once asked her which she preferred, but she just shrugged and said she answered to both. What I don't understand is, if teachers could hear her friends call her "hoo-stee-nah" then why did they continue to call her "juh-stee-nuh"? Oy.
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Interesting how teachers did that, were they Hispanic too?
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No, none of the teachers were. All except one were white.
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Justine is one of very, very few -ine or -een names that I like at all, and I like it a lot. Justina is trying too hard to be something - uber-feminine perhaps, or Classically Antiquated - that it doesn't need to be. I'd never use it, especially since it could shorten to Tina, which would be a bad idea.
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Justine is nice, don't like Justina
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