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Re: Alice, Eloise, Phebe, & Sylvie

by Elle (MonaLisa)

2/23/2006, 9:14 AM

Actually, after reading your posts about Phebe, it's growing on me. I like that spelling because so many pronounce Phoebe, Foe-bee. And I very much dislike that. It's also in Shakespeare's works which I adore (as you can tell with Juliet & Isabella ;))

Alice & Sylvie are my favorites too out of the four. I've actually am really liking Sylvie but I dislike Sylvia. I really like Sylvie Eloise. Alice would be Alice Matilda.

~Lisa~
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!!!!!: Morgaine, Arthur, Vivianne, Lancelot, & Guinevere
???????: William, Charles, Percival, Frederick, George, Ronald, & Ginevra
....: Peter, Susan, Edmund, & Lucy

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- LadyBug18 +1

2/23/2006, 9:21 AM

Yes, see there's another instance where the spelling Phebe was used in classic literature, and what better guide do we have to see what names were used than literature and history? I am so close to believing that Phebe was the original spelling but I can't yet explain how the O could be added in there, but perhaps it is just our way with English to make things difficult that could be so simple! :)

Alice Matilda is very sweet! What are your middle names for Juliet and Isabella?

Ladybugs all dressed in red,
Waltzing thru the flower bed!
If I were tiny, just like you,
I'd dance among the flowers too!

This message was edited 2/23/2006, 9:22 AM

- Elle (MonaLisa)

2/23/2006, 9:26 AM

Juliet Loreen (Loreen is my grandmother)
Isabella Fay (Fay is a family mn)

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