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HelpRe: Mina & Nina
in reply to a message by persephone1313
Mee-na and Nee-na. Nine-a is a very old English pronunciation for Nina (along the lines of so-FYE-ah and ma-RYE-ah for Sophia and Maria), but I've never heard of anyone using it in the last 100-ish years.
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Semi-OT, but the actress Sophia Myles pronounces her name like that (so-FYE-ah) and it always, always throws me!
Anyway, I also pronounce Mina and Nina as mee-na and nee-na. Nina is strange to me, pronounced any other way, but Mina I've come across said so many different ways that it doesn't phase me. Mee-na, mih-na, my-na...
Anyway, I also pronounce Mina and Nina as mee-na and nee-na. Nina is strange to me, pronounced any other way, but Mina I've come across said so many different ways that it doesn't phase me. Mee-na, mih-na, my-na...
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Sophia Myles...
...is the only modern bearer I've ever heard pronouncing the long "i" but I have a gr gr grandmother who I'm told, by those who knew her, always pronounced her name that way, even after emigrating to America. I have also heard the long "i" pronounced in BBC period pieces. I think it's gorgeous that way and I would absolutely consider using it. :)
...is the only modern bearer I've ever heard pronouncing the long "i" but I have a gr gr grandmother who I'm told, by those who knew her, always pronounced her name that way, even after emigrating to America. I have also heard the long "i" pronounced in BBC period pieces. I think it's gorgeous that way and I would absolutely consider using it. :)
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