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Help[Opinions] Re: Melisandre?
in reply to a message by lakin5
As a replacement, Melisande must be first choice! After all, it has had objective existence in the real world for centuries.
I didn't know it was a GoT name, so I assumed it was a merger between Melisande and Alexandra. Here in South Africa, though, quite a few people have merged Jean and Andre to get Jeandre; Jean has the French pronunciation and Andre sounds French as well. Unfortunately most Saffers are rather bad at French (I do include myself!) so it's been used for males and females, with the same spelling.
Since Sandra is still mercifully unfashionable, I suppose it'd attract Mel as a nn, as does Melanie.
I didn't know it was a GoT name, so I assumed it was a merger between Melisande and Alexandra. Here in South Africa, though, quite a few people have merged Jean and Andre to get Jeandre; Jean has the French pronunciation and Andre sounds French as well. Unfortunately most Saffers are rather bad at French (I do include myself!) so it's been used for males and females, with the same spelling.
Since Sandra is still mercifully unfashionable, I suppose it'd attract Mel as a nn, as does Melanie.
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