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HelpOh, not at all
in reply to a message by Chloe McSwain
I just didn't want to go throwing out my opinion without being asked. ;-)
Well, I just look at it from this angle: My cousin's name is Hydryin. How do you pronounce that? I mean, it's sitting there on the computer screen staring up at you, and I haven't told you what it's supposed to sound like. Try it, and tell me what you come up with.
Well, I just look at it from this angle: My cousin's name is Hydryin. How do you pronounce that? I mean, it's sitting there on the computer screen staring up at you, and I haven't told you what it's supposed to sound like. Try it, and tell me what you come up with.
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Um...He-dryn? But that's not a common name now days, (no offense.) Chloe' is. Poeple should know how to pronounce it.
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Good guess!
(and please bear with me, here. This is probably going to get kind of random)
It's actually the name Hadrian with a couple of funky 'y's in there that really drive me insane. The thing is, when someone sees a 'y', they will immediately associate it with a sound. You associate it with an 'e' sound. That's the way most English speakers say it.
Our language is influenced by other languages. French being one of them. Most people, whether they speak French or not (I don't; I speak German), will associate the French letter 'é' with our 'a' sound. Take the common word "éclair". That's AY-clair. Millions of people know that word, so they see Chloé and say, "Aha! It's French, and I know how to say it!"
I guess your question was if klo-AY was dumb sounding, too. I tend to think of it as a totally separate name and it's pretty in its own right.
As for Chloe itself, I've been known to lapse into the original (Greek?) form and pronounce it KLO. Oops! *looks around guiltily*
I've no idea whether that all made sense to you or not, or if I even explained what I was trying to say.
(and please bear with me, here. This is probably going to get kind of random)
It's actually the name Hadrian with a couple of funky 'y's in there that really drive me insane. The thing is, when someone sees a 'y', they will immediately associate it with a sound. You associate it with an 'e' sound. That's the way most English speakers say it.
Our language is influenced by other languages. French being one of them. Most people, whether they speak French or not (I don't; I speak German), will associate the French letter 'é' with our 'a' sound. Take the common word "éclair". That's AY-clair. Millions of people know that word, so they see Chloé and say, "Aha! It's French, and I know how to say it!"
I guess your question was if klo-AY was dumb sounding, too. I tend to think of it as a totally separate name and it's pretty in its own right.
As for Chloe itself, I've been known to lapse into the original (Greek?) form and pronounce it KLO. Oops! *looks around guiltily*
I've no idea whether that all made sense to you or not, or if I even explained what I was trying to say.
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'eclaire is aclaire? I've always said ee-claire. Oh well.
Greek and Biblical. 1 Corinthians 1:11. That's where my name is.
I got it....sort of....I think. You're saying that people take their first guess and use that to say my name?
Greek and Biblical. 1 Corinthians 1:11. That's where my name is.
I got it....sort of....I think. You're saying that people take their first guess and use that to say my name?
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