[Opinions] Janet
I don't like Jane so much, is Janet an improvement? What about Jeannette? Do you pronounce them differently? For me Jeannette has the stress on the last syllable, the French way.
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I don't think it is better than Jane. Personal associations - Rocky Horror, a woman I worked with who could be really rude sometimes, Janet Jackson - it sounds harsh to me.
Jeannette would be juh-NET or jeen-NET in my accent, not the same as Janet (JAN-et). I like it zha-NET like in French too. Jane > Jeannette > Janet
Oh, and there's also Janae, which looks to me like a phonetic spelling of an American's attempt to say Janet in French. heh. Jeannette > Janae > Janet although I know Janae is much flimsier than Janet.
Jeannette would be juh-NET or jeen-NET in my accent, not the same as Janet (JAN-et). I like it zha-NET like in French too. Jane > Jeannette > Janet
Oh, and there's also Janae, which looks to me like a phonetic spelling of an American's attempt to say Janet in French. heh. Jeannette > Janae > Janet although I know Janae is much flimsier than Janet.
This message was edited 9/17/2016, 1:11 PM
Well...do you know who loved my name? My husband, and his is the only opinion that matters to me.
He wouldn't have been caught dead watching "Friends."
He wouldn't have been caught dead watching "Friends."
Someone's offended...(
Yuck.
I work with a bunch of Jans, Janets, Janas, and Jeanettes.
They are sound the same and the name is pretty dull no matter which way you slice it.
I work with a bunch of Jans, Janets, Janas, and Jeanettes.
They are sound the same and the name is pretty dull no matter which way you slice it.
I would probably be in the minority of those here in sayihg this, but I do think that Janet is an improvement over Jane, the same way that I think any variation of Mary is an improvement over Mary itself, as I consider Jane and Mary to be the most snooze-inducing, colorless, character-less female names that exist. Janet may be dated and blah blah blah but at least it says something.
Between Janet and Jeannette, I prefer Jeannette. I don't pronounce them the same. Janet is JAN-et and Jeannette is je-NET. I put the stress on the last syllable of Jeannette also.
Between Janet and Jeannette, I prefer Jeannette. I don't pronounce them the same. Janet is JAN-et and Jeannette is je-NET. I put the stress on the last syllable of Jeannette also.
I like Jane better than Janet or Jeanette. But I really onlyb like it as a MN. As a first name I find all of them kind of boring.
I have a friend with an Aunt Jeanette and she actually goes by Janet most of the time. She is a really nice hippy-ish lady. So I always associate the names with a free spirit flower child type of person.
I have a friend with an Aunt Jeanette and she actually goes by Janet most of the time. She is a really nice hippy-ish lady. So I always associate the names with a free spirit flower child type of person.
To me, Janet and Jeannette are both dated. The latter also has way too many extra letters for may taste. Jeanette would work better. Janet and Jeannette are not the same name at all. Janet is pronounced Jan-it while Jeannette is Djun-ett or Juh-nett.