Mabel or Ruth?
Both vintage names making comebacks- or at least getting a bit more recognition than they used to- and both in the, 'names that remind me of hand-sewn quilts and warm oatmeal cookies' category. Which would YOU pick, if you had to choose?
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
"And by the way, dearie, your punctuation sucks canal water!"
-The Ghost of Vivian Vance
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Mabel.
Ruthie reminds me too much of roofie the drugs illegally put into someone elses drink.
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Ruth, but not really fond of either
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Mabel
I've always loved the understated beauty of Ruth, so it would be my personal pick. I also like Mabel very much, and May would make a good nn; I knew a Mabel Leigh Ln at school, a really wonderful girl, but she always went by Leigh which I thought was a pity. Nothing wrong with it, but it's a bit thin compared to the history and pizazz of Mabel.
Ruth
I like both, but Ruth has Ruthie and the Book of Ruth.
I like both, but Ruth has Ruthie and the Book of Ruth.
Mabel
Ruth is okay as an honoring mn other than that I have issues with it. The biggest issue is it is so hard to pronounce, it is much easier to say Roof so any Ruth I meet usually becomes Roof. Also the only word I can think of that begins with Ruth is Ruthless.
Ruth looks nice enough but it sounds much better in my head than when I say it. It sounds so terrible when said out loud.
To be fair I have a borderline speech impediment when it comes to th. I can make the th sound but it feels much less natural than f sounds. Ruth is especially hard since it is one syllable and it ends on the th sound, with a name like Anthea or Dorothea or Theodore it is much easier to pronounce.
Mabel is okay, I prefer Maple. Maybelle is actually nicer sounding than Mabel but Mabel looks nicer and doesn't seem made up like Maybelle.
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Ruth is okay as an honoring mn other than that I have issues with it. The biggest issue is it is so hard to pronounce, it is much easier to say Roof so any Ruth I meet usually becomes Roof. Also the only word I can think of that begins with Ruth is Ruthless.
Ruth looks nice enough but it sounds much better in my head than when I say it. It sounds so terrible when said out loud.
To be fair I have a borderline speech impediment when it comes to th. I can make the th sound but it feels much less natural than f sounds. Ruth is especially hard since it is one syllable and it ends on the th sound, with a name like Anthea or Dorothea or Theodore it is much easier to pronounce.
Mabel is okay, I prefer Maple. Maybelle is actually nicer sounding than Mabel but Mabel looks nicer and doesn't seem made up like Maybelle.
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This message was edited 8/10/2016, 5:44 PM
Ruth. I've always loved it.
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Ruth
Mabel would be pretty to me if prn. May-BEL but at least where I'm from our gets prn. May-BUL.
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Mabel would be pretty to me if prn. May-BEL but at least where I'm from our gets prn. May-BUL.
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Mabel