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How could you spell GHYSLAINE so it looks more like it is spelled or how would you change it to make it fit in English society?
I thought Jessalaine, but I am not happy with it.
I thought Jessalaine, but I am not happy with it.
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I am pretty sure that it is pronounced gees-lane... not jess-lane. Inw hich case, the original Ghislaine is fairly easy to read.
But I will read the other posters before I comment more...
But I will read the other posters before I comment more...
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It's more like "gee-LEHN"
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I love the name! Maybe change the begining letter to a j so that people won't be inclined to pronounce it with a hard sound Jelayne,Jillaine, Jilayne,
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I'm not too sure that I know what you mean.
Ghislaine, pronounced with a G as in Gary, not a G as in George, is the French spelling I'm used to. The Ghys- seems rather overdecorated.
If you're trying to make it easier for English people to pronounce, either leave it in its French form and tell them what it should sound like, or go for something like Jocelyn or Jessamine that people will recognise, or for something like Jesslain that is clearly made up but not difficult to cope with.
Ghislaine, pronounced with a G as in Gary, not a G as in George, is the French spelling I'm used to. The Ghys- seems rather overdecorated.
If you're trying to make it easier for English people to pronounce, either leave it in its French form and tell them what it should sound like, or go for something like Jocelyn or Jessamine that people will recognise, or for something like Jesslain that is clearly made up but not difficult to cope with.
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Just take the h out. Gislaine would be really close in English.
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Almost there, but if you didn't know how the name was supposed to be pronounced,you (one, that's to say, not you, Shannon!)might be inclined to say it with a hard "G", like George.
Leave out the y, and Ghislaine still might be said with a hard G, so I think, just teach people how to say it.
Ghislaine is a beautiful name. I know a few people so named. One of them, though, married an English speaker, and he always called her Jessie.
This woman is one of three sisters, one of the others is named Valderas, seemed they had a liking for non-popular names.
The third one, I don't know her real name, she has one of those family nick-names that come nowhere near the actual name.
Leave out the y, and Ghislaine still might be said with a hard G, so I think, just teach people how to say it.
Ghislaine is a beautiful name. I know a few people so named. One of them, though, married an English speaker, and he always called her Jessie.
This woman is one of three sisters, one of the others is named Valderas, seemed they had a liking for non-popular names.
The third one, I don't know her real name, she has one of those family nick-names that come nowhere near the actual name.
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It's quite true, no matter how you spell it the vast majority of people are going to ask how it's pronounced anyway. But at least without the h in there phonetically in English it should be said with a soft G and not hard. But there are a whole lot of people who wouldn't think/know that, I guess.
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