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Twin baby girls
Our newspaper featured a story about newborn twin girls named Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith. It took me a while to realize Knatalye, which I would pronounce nat-uh-LIE, probably is supposed to be Natalie. In my opinion, Adeline definitely was dealt the better hand.Comments?
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Oh dear. Did the parents already choose a favourite because they clearly don't like Knatalye. If spelled properly the names are fine. The Hope and faith thing is a little corny but in the middle name spot it's bearable. I like both names separately anyway.
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Gross.Would prefer Gnatalie myself. ;-)
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disappointed in their parents.
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I really like Natalie, but that spelling is ugly. I think I heard somewhere that in the first half of the 20 century the ye ending was in fashion, so you had stuff like Sadye and Bettye and Rubye.
I don't like Adeline, and what's more I never know how it's supposed to be pronounced. I grew up saying (when I ever had to say it at all) Add-a-line. But now Add-a-Lyn seems to be the way to go. If this Adeline is the Add-a-lynn pronunciation, then it's going to be easily misheard as Natalie.
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Knatalye is absolutely hideous! As bad as the spelling is (I thought it was pronounced ke-na-TAL-yuh), it never occurred to me that the pronunciation is the same as Natalie. WTH???Little Adeline lucked out. It's so bizarre that one child gets a completely traditional name while with the other, it's as if the parents said, "Who cares about this one? You're on your own, kid."
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Gnatalye would have been funnier. Gnat for short. LOL.I love Natalie, but yeah, Adeline is sure better than that monstrosity of a spelling.Lame-o middle name theme.
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I never get these twin sets, where one name is lovely, and the other is either a terrible name or (as in this case) a shocking spelling of a perfectly good name.
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My first thought was to pronounce it kna-TAL-ye, with a non-silent K, as it didn't look like English at all. Then I got to Hope and Adeline Faith and realized that it was probably Natalie ...
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They are very mismatched to me. I wonder if each twin was named by a different parent.
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Ugh! Why not just spell it Natalie. Natalie and Adeline would be nice.
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That's an odd combo. Poor Knatalye got the shaft.
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Agreed!
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Oh no, why? At first I was thinking that "gnat" was spelled "knat" and I had a stronger reaction, but still. This is awful. Adeline is so nice. Adeline and Natalie would be perfectly acceptable, even tasteful, twin names.
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It's always good to learn of twins safely arrived, but..poor Knatalye! Luckly she has Hope!
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