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Re: Davina
by Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)
11/28/2007, 9:42 AM
in reply to a message by Evey
I don't really see the difference between veen and vihn...
Eva, I have only heard eh-vah. ee-vah is pretty weird, wouldn't it be Ivah?Davina is weird to me. Grammatically incorrect. There is "n" in David. I have met a few Davida (named for a David), and a few Doda (closer to the meaning).
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- Siri (guest)   +2
11/28/2007, 4:05 PM
eh-vah is weird here.ee-vah is correct.
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- Eilis (Suibhne)   +1
11/28/2007, 4:52 PM
Depends on who you are.Anything other than AY-va for Eva is off to me. It's one of those names that I think people are better off keeping an open mind about given how many ways it can go.
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- blaaarg
11/29/2007, 3:22 PM
Same, and I live in ALI've known two Eva's, and both are European. One pronounces it like Ave-a and one Eeva. Ave-a has always seemed more correct to me, because that's how it would be said in Spanish (I don't know why this makes it seem more correct, but it does). So.
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- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)   +1
11/28/2007, 3:08 PM
The difference between "veen" and "vihn" is the same difference between "green" and "grin".Array
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- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)
11/29/2007, 6:28 AM
I see! It's not so big to me, probably a French thing...
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- Elena   +1
11/28/2007, 10:26 AM
From what I understand, the 'ina' suffix is the Scottish way of feminizing a name (ex., Malina for Malcolm).
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- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)
11/29/2007, 6:28 AM
Ooooh, ok! then it makes sense.
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