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Dinah...
by telfalathiel
7/14/2010, 1:41 PM
is the name of a 2 year old girl I met today. She's the first Dinah I've ever met. I like it. :)
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- Valkyrie (ICEyun)
7/15/2010, 1:33 PM
Nice to hear of a Dinah in real life, although I can't help but think of Alice's cat from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.
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- Violet (dlilly)
7/14/2010, 11:01 PM
Ooh I love Dinah. So underused. It has a certain charm to it.
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- Elena
7/14/2010, 9:18 PM
I prefer the long 'e' sound and the name spelled Dina. Still, I've known only one Dinah (when I was in high school). I remember it seemed so odd to know someone by that name who was my age.

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- wbbuff
7/14/2010, 7:37 PM
These is a common name for many older, Jewish women. My step-grandmother's name was Dinah and so is one of my mother's cousins (although, she pronounces it Dee-na). The only other place I've seen it is as the name of Alice's cat in "Alice in Wonderland". I'm not a fan of it.
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- Wordsmith
7/14/2010, 7:14 PM
Dinah's so wonderful!
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- Amazing (guest)
7/14/2010, 5:40 PM
It's too close to "diner", for my liking. Diana, is so much prettier.
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- Mistawis
7/14/2010, 4:40 PM
I prefer the similar Diana, but I really like Dinah as well.
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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
7/14/2010, 4:40 PM
I like Dinah (DIE-nuh). The only problem being that it sounds the same as 'diner' in English, not a big problem though.
Why aren't there more Dinahs?
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- Llewella (penguiny7)
7/14/2010, 3:46 PM
Woo! I can't believe Dinah isn't popular. It's so adorable and fits right in with currently "cool" names.
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- Ozma (TheDreadedSockMonkey)   +2
7/14/2010, 3:39 PM
I think it sounds like a cat's name.A white, fluffy, finicky cat. I don't care for it.
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- Anneza   +1
7/14/2010, 11:02 PM
It's my cat's name! She's sleek and petite and pitch black, and when we got her (rescued from being abused in a park) we had two old tabby sisters called Katie and Alice. I thought that since Alice in Wonderland had a Dinah cat, it would be appropriate.I also had a great-great aunt Dinah, but she wasn't a factor in the decision. And I knew an Englishwoman once who went by Dee but was in fact a Dinah. She changed from being Di to being Dee after reading Kafka!
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- Ozma (TheDreadedSockMonkey)
7/15/2010, 10:54 AM
That's why I think it's a cat's name! Alice In Wonderland ...duh!
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- Genevieve
7/14/2010, 2:17 PM
LOVE!So glad to hear you met a Dinah. I've never met one, but I think it's a gem of a name!
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- E.Tracy (TABS)   +1
7/14/2010, 2:08 PM
Dinah wontcha blow dinah wontcha blow your horn - thats what pops in my head and Dinah is Alice's cat from Alice in Wonderland
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- New_Chloe
7/14/2010, 2:09 PM
LMAOahh read LMS's response.
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- LMS   +9
7/14/2010, 1:59 PM
I've liked Dinah for awhileEvery time I bring it up, I get negative remarks. People either cite the song ("Dinah blow your horn") or they think it sounds like a cat (a la Alice in Wonderland). I think it has a classic Regency era sound to it. I love it. That is, the Die-nah pronunciation. I hate Dee-nuh.
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- Llewella (penguiny7)   +4
7/14/2010, 4:13 PM
I thinkThat it would be awesome to have your name in a folksong! Nothing wrong with workin' on the railroad all the live-long day. And what's wrong with Alice's cat, either?This reminds me of how my husband thinks it's a bad thing that you can associate Peter with Peter Pan, Peter Rabbit, and Peter and the Wolf. But to me, those are all major positives!
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- Anneza   +2
7/14/2010, 11:08 PM
Hear, hear! My son loved Peter and the Wolf, and his little sister was eager to eat pita bread because she associated it with him.
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- Llewella (penguiny7)   +1
7/15/2010, 4:49 AM
lolPita bread. Did she call it Peter bread? That would be cute!
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- Anneza
7/16/2010, 12:26 AM
She did indeed, and we enjoyed it so much we couldn't bear to correct her. Big brother used to smile smugly and have seconds!
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- Genevieve
7/14/2010, 5:53 PM
Yeah, I think a kid (or an adult for that matter) would think that it's cool to have a song about them, or fun characters who share their name, like the Peters you mentioned.
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- E.Tracy (TABS)
7/14/2010, 2:19 PM
oh boy I totally gave it the bad remarks you said! I can not see it used here in the US maybe in other countries but I sadly agree with the Dinah wontcha blow your horn and Alice in Wonderlands cat! And as my mom would say it has the sound Die in it, you dont name your child die. I dont follow my mom though she hated Kill -ian but alas he is my Killy Killy Kian!
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- telfalathiel
7/14/2010, 2:17 PM
For me, folk songs and Alice's cat are positive associations. And I agree with you about the pronunciation.
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- emily
7/14/2010, 2:04 PM
She's also a character in the Bible.
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- New_Chloe
7/14/2010, 2:01 PM
fools!Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah is pure genius! Folk-song names are in right now! Clementine, hello. And having a catlike name is a definite plus in life.
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- New_Chloe   +1
7/14/2010, 1:51 PM
love it!I love Dinah. It's such a warm, kind name. Like if a fresh loaf of bread had a name, it would be Dinah.

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- telfalathiel
7/14/2010, 1:53 PM
Lol, oddly enough, I understand that description. :)
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- emily   +1
7/14/2010, 1:49 PM
It's a beautiful name! How does she pronounce it?
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- telfalathiel
7/14/2010, 1:52 PM
DIE-nah.
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