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Arcoiris!
WDYT? It is the Spanish translation for Rainbow, and how would you pronounce it? Any possible combos or nicknames?

This message was edited 2/25/2012, 8:22 PM

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I don't know.I think it's kind of tacky using a word from another language as a name. It goes along with names like Bonita, Mignon, and Chanel (the last I can't stand; it's an overrated fashion brand AND it means simply "pipe").
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ar-co-EE-rees? A lot of Spanish words have the accent on the second to last syllable.
Arc or Arch could be a nickname (and also an allusion to the meaning because rainbows make an arc). Iris could be a nickname too, except that it looks like the flower.
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You're right, it's the second to last syllable
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But only if there's an accent over the I
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I think there is one. But wouldn't it follow the rule, that if a word ends in n or s, the second to last syllable is stressed? Geez. I dunno.
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My Spanish isn't great, but I think it would be like ar-coh-ee-ris. I'm not sure where to place the stress. EDIT: Found a forvo link. http://www.forvo.com/word/trucha_arcoiris/#es In the link, the woman seems to be pronouncing it like this: ar-coh-EE-rees.

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Aar-ko-ee-REES?I dunno about Arcoiris, but Arcenciel is a GP (French for rainbow, which in GP English would be pronounced Arken-seal)
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Mild co-incidence...rainbows were in the readings at Mass today.(Noah and the ark, and the end of the flood.)
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I'd prn it ar-co-ihr-eesI suppose you could use Coco, Iris, Issy as nicknames, but I wouldn't use it.
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