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Help[Opinions] Re: Ann vs Anne
in reply to a message by Caitlín
Well, I'm going to agree with you wholeheartedly on the Anne thing. I don't think anyone could have said it better than Anne of Green Gables (one of my favorite book characters):
"Spell out A-n-n and it just looks dreadful. But Anne with an 'E' is quite distinctive." [The quote may be slightly off, but you get the point].
Whether my opinion is forever tainted by Anne Shirley's or not is still up in the air, but when I see Ann it just looks, well, chopped off to me for some reason. Like an incomplete name. Anne has much more flair. Call me crazy.
"Spell out A-n-n and it just looks dreadful. But Anne with an 'E' is quite distinctive." [The quote may be slightly off, but you get the point].
Whether my opinion is forever tainted by Anne Shirley's or not is still up in the air, but when I see Ann it just looks, well, chopped off to me for some reason. Like an incomplete name. Anne has much more flair. Call me crazy.
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I thought of the exact same quote. :)
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and indeed...
...that same quote may be where I first became so prejudiced *grin*.
"Oh, it makes such a difference. It looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. If only you'll call me Anne spelled with an e I shall try to reconcile myself to not being called Cordelia."
Good thing, too. Anne is infinitely more refined than Cordelia.
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
...that same quote may be where I first became so prejudiced *grin*.
"Oh, it makes such a difference. It looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. If only you'll call me Anne spelled with an e I shall try to reconcile myself to not being called Cordelia."
Good thing, too. Anne is infinitely more refined than Cordelia.
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
This message was edited 3/3/2005, 7:47 PM
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