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Isobel or Isabel
Which is the best spelling?
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i prefer Isabel of the two but my favorite is Isabella for some reason i like the look of two "l"s to me one "l" makes the name look incompleate
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Isobel - it's more interesting - but Isabelle would be my spelling of choice ...
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Isabel
Shane & Elizabeth
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Isabel.
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I think Isabel looks incomplete next to Isobel, which is much prettier, IMO.
But maybe that's because I first heard of the spelling Isobel, and when I read Enid Blyton's Twins at St. Clares books, I thought Isabel (one of the twins) was a creative spelling, since I'd never heard of it before!
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Neither. I choose Isabelle. Isabelle looks much more complete than Isabel, which looks unfinished. I don't like the o in Isobel.
-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom
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Depends on your heritageI like Isobel if you're Scottish, but Isabel if you're Hispanic or English.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
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