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Which do you prefer? Hadrian or Adrian?
Do you prefer a different spelling?
What kind of impressions do you get from each name?
Thanks
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Do you prefer a different spelling?
What kind of impressions do you get from each name?
Thanks
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Favorite Names:
Fiona, Leona, Artemis, Luna, Vivian, Dorothea, Clara, Aurora, Hazel, Serafina, Adelina, Maeve, Stella, Ursa, Iris, Callisto, Augustine, Maple, Citrina
Kieran, Rowan, Cedar, Connor, Arthur, Magnus, Finn, Theron, Xavier, Teagan, Quinn, Cedric, Adrian, Julian, Tristan, Gavin, Gryphon
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I was uncertain if the H was silent. I know that in Greek it would have been silent. I was going to eventually look it up.
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Can't remember who wrote it - my Latin is far in the past! - but there's a cheeky poem, possibly by Catullus, about someone from the provinces who caused amusement in Rome by pronouncing the H in, for instance, the Hadriatic Sea!
What's going on in modern US English? Is it only herb that turns into erb, or are other words starting with H doing the same? I seem to have heard others on CNN, but can't be sure.
What's going on in modern US English? Is it only herb that turns into erb, or are other words starting with H doing the same? I seem to have heard others on CNN, but can't be sure.
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Just the usual - honor (honest honorary), homage, heir, hour. And human, humility - in certain American accents.
Occasionally you hear an hotel, an hospital - but I have not noticed that increasing.
Occasionally you hear an hotel, an hospital - but I have not noticed that increasing.
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guessing 'huge' is on that list too for some areas?
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lol yes! Yooge.
*sigh*
how could I forget
*sigh*
how could I forget
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Lol!
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during science lessons in fifth grade, my teacher would say "an hypothesis"... >.
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Did the teacher pronounce the H? I've heard people say "an" and then pronounce the H, too. Silliness.
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yeah, she did. I never liked her anyway. lol
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Adrian
Hadrian strikes me as somewhere between imperial Roman bombast and a smush of Hayden and Adrian.
Adrian seems sort of softspoken to me, maybe witty or artsy or sporty, very manly but not all butch and gendery.
I also feel like saying "Hadrian" out loud feels a little effortful. Even saying Adrian aloud is a little effortful, and the initial H makes it even more noticeable to me.
Adrian is one of my favorite names.
Hadrian strikes me as somewhere between imperial Roman bombast and a smush of Hayden and Adrian.
Adrian seems sort of softspoken to me, maybe witty or artsy or sporty, very manly but not all butch and gendery.
I also feel like saying "Hadrian" out loud feels a little effortful. Even saying Adrian aloud is a little effortful, and the initial H makes it even more noticeable to me.
Adrian is one of my favorite names.
This message was edited 2/2/2017, 8:01 PM
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As I expect you know, our Prime Minister has a son named Hadrian. I like the name best, as well. (don't suppose I will meet the child, though).
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I much prefer Hadrian, with that spelling.
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