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[Opinions] Jeannie / Ginny
Do you prononce Jeannie and Ginny the same? If you don't, which one is your fav?Claire
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Jeannie: JEE nee
Ginny: JIH neeGosh, I don't really have a preference. I like Jeanne nn Jeannie better than just Jeannie, and Ginny as a nick for Virginia. I actually had two people with these names, Jeannie and Ginny, working in the same lab with me -- there was some confusion! But they're definitely prn differently from one another. - chazda
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NopeJeannie is my sister's nn (for Jean, an English feminine form of John originating in Scotland) and we pronounce it JEEN-ee.Ginny is pronounced JIN-ee to me.I'm partial to Jeannie, for obvious reasons, but Ginny's quite nice too. I prefer both names as nns only though.Miranda
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NopeJeannie is my sister's nn (for Jean, an English feminine form of John originating in Scotland) and we pronounce it JEEN-ee.Ginny is pronounced JIN-ee to me.I'm partial to Jeannie, for obvious reasons, but Ginny's quite nice too. I prefer both names as nns only though.Miranda
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I pronounce Jeannie as JEANnee (Jean like Gene not John w/ the hard ee sound) whereas with Ginny its more of a soft ii sound as in the word "in" (LOL). Neither is my style and are considered quite dated in Canada.
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no Jeannie I guess
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For Jeannie I say jeen-nee and for Ginny jin-nee.I prefer Ginny.- Kitty
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No, I don't. I pronounce Jeannie as Jean-knee, and Ginny as Gin-knee. I prefer Jean with Jeannie as a nickname, and Virginia with Ginny as a nickname.
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No, I don't.
Jeannie = JEE-nee
Ginny = JIN-neeI don't mind Jeannie as a nn for Jean, etc., but I prefer Ginny. However, I'd only like it as a nn and not a formal fn, preferably for Virginia.
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To me Jeanie is Jee nee and Ginny is Gin nee
I like Ginny best
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I pronounce Ginny how it looks, but I pronounce Jeanne like zhan not jeen so I'm wanting to pronounce Jeannie like zhan-ee which sounds really freaky ...They're both nice names though, I prefer Ginnyalice x
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I don't pronounce them the same. Jeannie is JEE-nee and Ginny is JIN-ee. I like Ginny better.
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No, Jeannie is JEEN-ie to me and Ginny is JIN-ie.I like them both equally, with Jeannie as a nn for Jean and Ginny as a nn for Virginia.Louise x
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I don't. Jeannie is JEEN-ie and Ginny is JIN-ie.
I prefer Ginny (and only as a nn) because Jeannie sounds like the man who came out of Aladin's lamp.
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