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What is your impression of this name? Do you like it or not? I'm not speaking of Gisèle, but Gisela specifically.
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Unusually for me, I far prefer the French version to the German. GHEE like the Indian clarified butter? Not really! And Gisèle is such a wonderful ballet.
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I was a bit neutral about Gisela and its related forms until I met my aunt's mother named Gisela. It really grew on me, and I especially like it with the German pronunciation (like my aunt's mother). I see it as a bit of a classic in Europe, but here in the US it is fresh and rarely used.
This message was edited 10/23/2011, 9:48 PM
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It sounds nice enough. However, I'd feel strange giving a child a name that meant hostage.
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I don't like it, especially if pronounced jizz-EL-ah. I hate the jizz sound in the beginning of those names, because of a reference to a certain male bodily function. If it's pronounced with a hard G sound in the beginning then that's better.
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It's pretty and I like the spelling a lot better than Giselle, but I can't see it on a little kid at all.
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Ghislaine is pronounced zheez-LEN, isn't it? Because it's French?
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Ghislaine is pronounced with a hard "g" sound at the beginning even in French. That "h" after the "g" keeps it hard. You would be correct if not for the "h."
I saw a French movie with a minor character named Ghislaine and that's how it was pronounced. I know the BtN link says otherwise. I don't know what to say about that. Perhaps another poster can help us out.
:-)
I saw a French movie with a minor character named Ghislaine and that's how it was pronounced. I know the BtN link says otherwise. I don't know what to say about that. Perhaps another poster can help us out.
:-)
This message was edited 10/23/2011, 2:44 PM
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