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Yeah, I don't think so. I never said you couldn't do it so you can calm down. I know some people pronounce it with an AY sound which is why I wrote it doesn't make sense to me when I use MY pronunciation of it. I don't know anyone who pronounces Helena with an AY sound and I know three girls named this. In English it's usually HEL-eh-na and in other countries either that or he-LEH-na (the EH is long but still doesn't sound like an AY at all). And of course most people would get that you got Lainie from the -len part in Helena but to me it's like Persephone 'Poppy' or something like that. I obviously used Persephone 'Lainie' to emphasize the fact that I'm not a fan of far fetched nicknames.