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[Opinions] Denise and Dennis
by )( (guest)
1/10/2023, 8:03 AM
Wdyt?
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- Wraith (guest)
1/10/2023, 7:54 PM
I quite like Dennis, I see a depth of retro charm that could easily lend to it being used regularly again. Oddly, I see nothing of the kind with Denise which just sounds... stale. A big hair and shoulder pads kind of name.
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- New_Chloë (New_Chloe)
1/10/2023, 5:30 PM
I've decided I really like Denise. I've only ever known one. Denise has that hard-edge "loud broad" energy to it I like so much. It's brassy. Dennis is ok, it's very 1960s dad at the BBQ to me. I could see it making a comeback before Denise.
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- InVain34
1/10/2023, 4:39 PM
I both like it.
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- Ani (peonini)
1/10/2023, 2:18 PM
No, and no.Both are dated and ugly.
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- Kerilyntaryn21
1/10/2023, 12:07 PM
They are ok
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- Wordsmith
1/10/2023, 10:42 AM
I like Dennis's homegrown rakishness. Denise is a bit tawdry to me, but I don't dislike it.
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- BeccyLeader2
1/10/2023, 8:38 AM
Don't like them at all.
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- Anneza   +2
1/10/2023, 8:37 AM
I prefer Denis to Dennis. Denise just doesn't appeal to me at all. In South Africa it is pronounced deNEES, not deNEEZ.
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- clevelandkentevans   +1
1/10/2023, 8:56 AM
Denise is almost always pronounced deNEES in the USA, too, as shown by the fact that Deniece has turned up regularly as a spelling variant.
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- Anneza
1/10/2023, 11:53 AM
Things are changing here, because post-democracy the country has much more contact with Francophone countries which means that French is becoming popular as a foreign language in schools. Previously a few, mostly English-medium high schools offered French (and Latin - those were the days!) but the majority of Afrikaans-medium schools offered German, an easier option for their learners. The consequence is that French given names and surnames don't sound very French any more: I've heard the -s pronounced in Georges, for instance.
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