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I was at work today, tidying the stock rooms (I work in a independent shoe shop - rather than sell our own brand shoes, we get different brands and sell them, such as Birkenstock & Riva), and I noticed that a pair of the Dorndorf shoes were called "Gracia" (different styles of shoes are usually given names). I couldn't work out whether this was an actually *name* name or just a pretty word, but when I looked for it on BtN, it came up.
BTN have it down as "GRAH-syah", whereas I was pronouncing it "GRAY-syah". Which do you prefer? Do you like the name itself, or do you prefer an alternative, like Grace or Gracie?
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BTN have it down as "GRAH-syah", whereas I was pronouncing it "GRAY-syah". Which do you prefer? Do you like the name itself, or do you prefer an alternative, like Grace or Gracie?
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This message was edited 11/19/2005, 12:41 PM
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grah-syah is the "right" pron. to me. I love this name.
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I don't like Gracia, it just sounds like "Gracias". However, I do love the Irish version of Grace, "Grannia" (I think the Irish spelling is Grainne).
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It's kind of pretty but not something I would use. I've always heard it pronounced as GRAH-syah or GRAH-see-a. It kind of looks like a typo of the last name Garcia to me. I always think of that even though I know they are both completely different and legitimate names.
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I would say it like Gray-shah
And I like it. Actually I kind of like it better than Grace or Gracie.
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And I like it. Actually I kind of like it better than Grace or Gracie.
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I like Gracia and since it is a Spanish name, I would pronounce it the Spanish way, GRAH-syah. I like Gracia or Graciela better than Grace. I just prefer names which have more than one syllable.
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I met an extremely sweet little girl named Gracia (we were in the same 4H group), and so I like the name--though I wouldn't use it myself. She pronunced it GRAY-sha and had two siblings, Karl and Clara.
The three of them were wonderful kids, and so I only associate good with their names. While I'm so sick of all Grace-related names that I have no desire to use any of them, if I was going to pick one, I'd probably go with Gracia.
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The three of them were wonderful kids, and so I only associate good with their names. While I'm so sick of all Grace-related names that I have no desire to use any of them, if I was going to pick one, I'd probably go with Gracia.
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We'll be the passenger
We'll ride through the city tonight
See the city's ripped insides
We'll see the bright and hollow sky
We'll see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
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The pronunciation GRAY-sha is pretty, I think I like it better than GRAH-syah and GRAY-syah, which make me think of "Gracier", like "more Grace."
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