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Honoria and Marceline
What do you think of two names? They've really been growing on me lately, particularly Honoria. Regarding Marceline, would you pronounce it mar-sa-line or mar-sa-leen? My first instinct was to use the former (I pronounce Caroline, Emmaline, Madeline, etc. in the same way). I'm not sure I like the mar-sa-leen pronounciation quite as much.
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Marceline is mahr-suh-leen (like Caroline, Emeline, Madeline...). It's nice but very outdated. Honoria is nms, I love Honor though.
~~ Claire ~~
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I love Honora but not Honoria for some reason. I know it's pronounced differently, but it makes me think of diarrhea or gonorrhea. Uck. (I guess it's the -ria ending) But then again, I'm a nurse so I have odd name/word associations other people probably don't have. :bMarceline looks like it would be pronounced mar-sah-LEEN to me, though I've never seen it before. But it just makes me think of Vaseline. :(
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I'm not crazy about them. Marceline is ok.
Shane & Elizabeth
11/20/04 We are future parents to: Benjamin Luke, Alexander Sara Anneliese, Rachel Sophia
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I love Annora, Honor, Honour, and Honora.Honoria is a bit too frilly for my tastes. I'd most likely pronunce Marceline as mar-sa-line. I pronunce Caroline, Emmaline, and Madeline all as line. Once again, its not my style. This time, however, its because its much too close to kreativ names. :-( So many historical names are made unusable by those!Siri
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I don't care for either. Honoria is just too close to the word gonorrhea. Marceline just isn't nice sounding to me. I pronounce it as Mar-sa-leen.
-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom
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I don't much like Honoria, but I do like Honour.Marceline is nms, but I would definitely use the "een" pronunciation.
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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