New Post
Search
HelpRe: Gertrude
in reply to a message by Ozma
Ger sounds growly and rude sounds, well, rude. I could perhaps warm up to Gertrudis as a mn, but nothing more. I quite like Gerlinde!
My DH's Afrikaans grandmother was known as Dollie, but her given names were Gertruida Susanna Maria. It's pronounced kheRR-TRAY-da, more or less - the -ui- diphthong doesn't exist in English.
I knew a woman who had both Gertruida and Petrina in her family tree, and she combined them for her younger daughter into Gertina Petruida. She enjoyed the result enormously, and the girl was known happily enough as Tina.
My DH's Afrikaans grandmother was known as Dollie, but her given names were Gertruida Susanna Maria. It's pronounced kheRR-TRAY-da, more or less - the -ui- diphthong doesn't exist in English.
I knew a woman who had both Gertruida and Petrina in her family tree, and she combined them for her younger daughter into Gertina Petruida. She enjoyed the result enormously, and the girl was known happily enough as Tina.
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1