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in reply to a message by MoCro
I love Emmeline and would consider it for a kid possibly if I was doing some compromising. I also adore Emily and maybe prefer Emily but it's too popular for me.
I pronounce it with the 'leen' ending. My favourite nickname for it is Millie or Mils or some variation of that sound in the name.
I think it seems a little long and a bit less quirky than Heidi, Rhys, and Griffin. The pronunciation variations also turns me off a bit. Whenever there is a need to ask which pronunciation people use with each potential answer being pretty legitimate and I also suspect that it will be close to 50/50, I wonder to myself how much I'd like to have that name myself. My own name has about 5 'accepted' spellings and it's a pain in the butt. It also gets confused with similar names to it that are more popular. It also gets pronounced differently in different countries. My saving grace is that once people get the spelling down in Australia or the US, they do know how to pronounce it my way first go.
Emmeline will have to spell her name and possibly correct the pronunciation with a lot of regularity. That's annoying.
I pronounce it with the 'leen' ending. My favourite nickname for it is Millie or Mils or some variation of that sound in the name.
I think it seems a little long and a bit less quirky than Heidi, Rhys, and Griffin. The pronunciation variations also turns me off a bit. Whenever there is a need to ask which pronunciation people use with each potential answer being pretty legitimate and I also suspect that it will be close to 50/50, I wonder to myself how much I'd like to have that name myself. My own name has about 5 'accepted' spellings and it's a pain in the butt. It also gets confused with similar names to it that are more popular. It also gets pronounced differently in different countries. My saving grace is that once people get the spelling down in Australia or the US, they do know how to pronounce it my way first go.
Emmeline will have to spell her name and possibly correct the pronunciation with a lot of regularity. That's annoying.
This message was edited 6/15/2015, 1:21 AM
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