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These just g to show how the way we pronounce a name sometimes makes all the difference! Tell me what you think of these names and how you pronounce them.

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1. I got 'Murder on the Orient Express' read on CD for Christmas (love audio books and Agatha Christie) and the man reading the book pronounced Elena and Helena like ah-lay-nah and hah-lay-nah which I really love. So I was looking at my favorites list (I have Elena & Lena on there) and was thinking how much prettier Beatrice Elena sounds when Elena is pronounced as above. Try it!
Then I thought if Elena is pronounced ah-lay-nah why can't Lena be pronounced lay-nah? If it is then Lena Viola sounds much more elegant. I've been pronouncing these names like eh-lee-nah, heh-lee-nah, and lee-nah.

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2. Also there was a lady name Mary Hermione, now I've always seen this name as rather ugly I suppose because I've been pronouncing it her-moy-nee but the man who read the book pronounced it her-my-ah-nee and I just thought it was so pretty!

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3. Then on a TV show I saw, Hermione Baddley played a crazy old lady named Kezia. Now I've seen Keziah before and always pronounced it ke-zeye-uh and I thought is was okay, but they pronounced it kee-zee-ah which I thought was really nice!

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