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in reply to a message by New_Chloe
Alisondra is interesting.
There was a brief spasm of Sondra people of, I suppose, 1940s to 1960s vintage here in SA - I knew one who was a librarian, and a song that sometimes surfaces on vintage chart shows on radio, cute little bouncy tune, has the singer trying to choose between sweet girlfriend Mary and hippy girlfriend Sondra. Silly song, but now it's earwormed its way into my brain for the day. Gee, thanks, Chloe!
But I've never seen Alisondra before, ever. Pronunciation? I suspect it's a case of North America versus UK, because I've only heard Sondra with the UKE short O sound as in Stop! And Sandra like sand usually, though there have been instances of Sahndra with a long A. So if Sondra and Sandra-with-a-long-A sound the same, then it's just another tweaked spelling. But Alisondra, without an X, makes it more like an elaboration of Alison. Odd. Any ideas?
There was a brief spasm of Sondra people of, I suppose, 1940s to 1960s vintage here in SA - I knew one who was a librarian, and a song that sometimes surfaces on vintage chart shows on radio, cute little bouncy tune, has the singer trying to choose between sweet girlfriend Mary and hippy girlfriend Sondra. Silly song, but now it's earwormed its way into my brain for the day. Gee, thanks, Chloe!
But I've never seen Alisondra before, ever. Pronunciation? I suspect it's a case of North America versus UK, because I've only heard Sondra with the UKE short O sound as in Stop! And Sandra like sand usually, though there have been instances of Sahndra with a long A. So if Sondra and Sandra-with-a-long-A sound the same, then it's just another tweaked spelling. But Alisondra, without an X, makes it more like an elaboration of Alison. Odd. Any ideas?
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I really liked Alisondra Jean. I'm saying it like "alice-ON-drah". Like a fancy Alessandra. I wonder if it is based more on Alison... maybe they thought Alison Jean was a bit lacking in something.
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