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Help[Opinions] Re: Aliza, Yasmina and Hilda
in reply to a message by Murasaki
Aliza Paolina's awesome. It's rhymey, but in a good way- it feels very lyrical and lovely. Aliza's one of those names that sound like what they mean and I love that. She may be mistaken for an Eliza or Elisa (ah-LEE-za and eh-LEE-za are very very similar) or even an Alice, though. But it's easy to correct those mistakes.
I like Yasmina a lot better than Jasmine, but still don't like it, it's a little...I want to say over the top, but so are Lysistrata and Thomasina and Scholastica and Honorata and Cordelia and a million others on my PNL. Fluffy? Frilly? Hissy? I like Yasmin a bit better. You know what I think the problem is? It has no hard sounds at all. Yasmina's far too soft of a name, it's actually a bit difficult to say because there aren't hard sounds to grab onto, which is how the names on my list are different and why I do like those.
Ooh, Hilda. Hilda is cool. I like it as a nickname, but I'm not sure for what- Hildegard/Hildegarde? Brunhild/Brunhilde, Alfhild, Clothilde, Swanhild, Kriemhild, Gunhilda? They're all quite over the top, except Clothilde, which should have Tilda/Tillie as a nickname- Hilda is a real stretch. Alfhild might be usable, I'm in the process of deciding if I like it or not (and if I like Alwilda better). Audhild? That might be usable. It's certainly pretty.
Hilda can be a name on it's own, and that's probably the only way it's usable, but it definitely sounds like a nickname to me.
I like Yasmina a lot better than Jasmine, but still don't like it, it's a little...I want to say over the top, but so are Lysistrata and Thomasina and Scholastica and Honorata and Cordelia and a million others on my PNL. Fluffy? Frilly? Hissy? I like Yasmin a bit better. You know what I think the problem is? It has no hard sounds at all. Yasmina's far too soft of a name, it's actually a bit difficult to say because there aren't hard sounds to grab onto, which is how the names on my list are different and why I do like those.
Ooh, Hilda. Hilda is cool. I like it as a nickname, but I'm not sure for what- Hildegard/Hildegarde? Brunhild/Brunhilde, Alfhild, Clothilde, Swanhild, Kriemhild, Gunhilda? They're all quite over the top, except Clothilde, which should have Tilda/Tillie as a nickname- Hilda is a real stretch. Alfhild might be usable, I'm in the process of deciding if I like it or not (and if I like Alwilda better). Audhild? That might be usable. It's certainly pretty.
Hilda can be a name on it's own, and that's probably the only way it's usable, but it definitely sounds like a nickname to me.
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