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Help[Opinions] Re: Julia, Julie, Juliana and Juliet (more)
in reply to a message by Perrine
Julia is one of my longtime top favorites. It would probably be my daughter's name, if I hadn't had a friend at the time who named a baby Julia while I was still pregnant.
Julie is dated, but not awfully if it's short for something.
Juliana is overdone IMO, Julia is complete enough. But Juliana is still nice. I like it a little more than Juliet.
Juliet is still nice though. Sharper than the others. The only things I don't like about it, are 1. the et ending sounds too cute and diminutive. It's "ette." like bachelorette and coquette and brunette. The fact that it's et and the emphasis is still on the Jul part, makes this not such a big deal, but I still prefer Julia. 2. Shakespeare, makes it seem a shade stagey and self-consciously "young."
I dislike Juliette. The stress on "ette" annoys me.
I don't prefer the Italian spellings but they are fine for someone else.
- mirfak
Julie is dated, but not awfully if it's short for something.
Juliana is overdone IMO, Julia is complete enough. But Juliana is still nice. I like it a little more than Juliet.
Juliet is still nice though. Sharper than the others. The only things I don't like about it, are 1. the et ending sounds too cute and diminutive. It's "ette." like bachelorette and coquette and brunette. The fact that it's et and the emphasis is still on the Jul part, makes this not such a big deal, but I still prefer Julia. 2. Shakespeare, makes it seem a shade stagey and self-consciously "young."
I dislike Juliette. The stress on "ette" annoys me.
I don't prefer the Italian spellings but they are fine for someone else.
- mirfak
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