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HelpWhat do you think of the name Ionela Enescu?
Pronunciation: ee-oh-nel-la ae-naes-coo (ae is like A in cat). I came with this pseudonym for a poetry contest and would like to know what do you think of it :)
PS: You can hear these names at www.hearnames.com , just type them in the "Search" box :)
PS: You can hear these names at www.hearnames.com , just type them in the "Search" box :)
This message was edited 10/16/2013, 3:52 PM
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It definitely sounds very Romanian. I think Ionela is cute :)
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Hope it doesn't cause much trouble :p That -escu is killer.
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Very extravagant, exotic, regal. I like it. Possible nn Nellie or Ela would be really cute
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Too difficult to pronounce. I adore Io- names, but when I'm looking at an author's name (especially when it's a pseudonym), I like something that sticks with you and is easy to say. No one wants to fumble over the name when they brag about having read your poetry ;)
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Ionela is kind of cool, but Ensecu sounds weird.
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I think Enescu is a surname.
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Yep.
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Whoops.
:P
:P
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More opinions please!
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Romanian?
It's cool. I think Ionela is quite pretty. For some reason, it makes me think of Ionescu, like, the playwright, which is a pretty good association, especially as it's a literary pseudonym.
It's cool. I think Ionela is quite pretty. For some reason, it makes me think of Ionescu, like, the playwright, which is a pretty good association, especially as it's a literary pseudonym.
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You have a good memory, I've almost forgotten of Ionescu :p It means something like "son of John".
Hey, you people can hear these two names at www.hearnames.com. That's the Web making our lives easier :3
Hey, you people can hear these two names at www.hearnames.com. That's the Web making our lives easier :3
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Ionela sounds very pretty, but in the font here it looks a lot like "lonela" which looks a lot like "lonely". Obviously not really a big deal, but that was my first impression.
I'm a bit confused by your explanation for Enescu. "ae" doesn't typically sound like the A in cat - it's usually more like "ay". I would be surprised if the E at the beginning of Enescu was pronounced like the A in cat. If so, I would spell it Anescu.
I would pronounce Enescu like ee-NESS-coo.
I'm a bit confused by your explanation for Enescu. "ae" doesn't typically sound like the A in cat - it's usually more like "ay". I would be surprised if the E at the beginning of Enescu was pronounced like the A in cat. If so, I would spell it Anescu.
I would pronounce Enescu like ee-NESS-coo.
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Emmita, you're right. It happens that I'm not a native English speaker, so I didn't know how to transcribe the open E that is used in Romanian. The closer I found was the "A" sound, but the "E" in Enescu is like the Latin ae sound, or "ai" in "hair". Thanks for replying :)
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Wow, yeah, that works amazingly! Good luck at the contest!
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Sounds like the perfect poet psuedonym!
ionela is really pretty
ionela is really pretty
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