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in reply to a message by Evey
I don't really like Davina. But I don't think there should be any problem with using another pronounciation than dah-VEEN-ah. Of course you would probably have to tell a lot of people how to pronunce it more than once and probably you would have to explain why you pronounce it like that. But I don't think you should use another pronounciation than the one you really like becuase someone might think that you are "illiterate".
Oh, and I have to defend the parents of Eva. Eh-va is exactly how you pronouce Eva in Sweden (and other parts of Scandinavia + Germany)so thinking that the parents "weren't too bright" is in this case a bit, well... narrow-minded. Most common names that are found in the Western world aren't pronounced the same way everywhere.
Oh, and I have to defend the parents of Eva. Eh-va is exactly how you pronouce Eva in Sweden (and other parts of Scandinavia + Germany)so thinking that the parents "weren't too bright" is in this case a bit, well... narrow-minded. Most common names that are found in the Western world aren't pronounced the same way everywhere.
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I know that Eh-va is a legitimate prn, but I was told that the parents DIDN'T know that, or that it was prn EE-va to begin with around here. In other words, they thought the name akin to the word ever with an a, which seems somewhat none too bright, not that they were being culturally revolutionary or something.
This message was edited 11/28/2007, 9:51 AM
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I've actually wondered this for a long time, but how do you pronounce your posting name? I've been saying it EE-vee, and have wondered if that was correct or not. Is it EH-vee? The Eva stuff reminded me about it.
I've actually wondered this for a long time, but how do you pronounce your posting name? I've been saying it EE-vee, and have wondered if that was correct or not. Is it EH-vee? The Eva stuff reminded me about it.
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