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Don't like it.

I find French Yolande to be very elegant. Iolanthe ("yo-LAN-thee" or "yo-LAHN-thee") too.

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But I struggle with Yolanda. It almosts sounds silly, "Yo! Londa!" I don't know why one syllable makes so much of a difference for me.

This message was edited 7/5/2011, 12:11 PM

I had an Aunt Yolande. She always went by the nn Yale, tho.

I really like it - it's got history behind it and has always intrigued me. I'd hate to see the nn "Yo" though!

I like it...

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I have for years now. Something about it just sounds pretty to me. I like the pronunciation JO-lan-da, but I slightly prefer the English pronunciation of it, YO-lahn-da.

I grew up with at least 3 of them so it's kind of like the more exotic Stacey or Jennifer to me....

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It's pretty. Kinda exotic. NMS. But I don't hate it