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HelpHannah or Madeline?
Hannah and Madeline are both names that are really 90s to me. So I was wondering, would you prefer Hannah or Madeline?
How do you pronounce Madeline? I only like it pronounced with a -lynn ending but on this site many people seem to pronounce it -line. I have never heard it pronounced -line in real life even though I met at least 10 Madelines.
Which one would you choose?
How do you pronounce Madeline? I only like it pronounced with a -lynn ending but on this site many people seem to pronounce it -line. I have never heard it pronounced -line in real life even though I met at least 10 Madelines.
Which one would you choose?
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I read a piece by Leslie Dunkling once, where he was talking about the effects that various names could have on people. One example, which he admitted was an invention, was a man who was going on a blind date with someone he thought was a Madeleine, and he stood on the street corner, dreaming about her beauty, until to his horror he saw a Mad Lynn coming towards him, and he fled.
If you ever visit South Africa, you'd better bring earplugs. Here, it's typically pronounced (by Afrikaans speakers, OK, but they're the ones who typically use it) mah-duh-LANE.
If you ever visit South Africa, you'd better bring earplugs. Here, it's typically pronounced (by Afrikaans speakers, OK, but they're the ones who typically use it) mah-duh-LANE.
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Both are way too popular for me to actually use, but I do like them both.
I pronounce Madeline with the -line ending. I don't like it pronounced with the -lynn ending, though I too have met many people who pronounce it like that. I also like it pronounced the French way.
I have a close friend named Hannah, so I have good associations with it. I'm choosing it above Madeline for that reason.
I pronounce Madeline with the -line ending. I don't like it pronounced with the -lynn ending, though I too have met many people who pronounce it like that. I also like it pronounced the French way.
I have a close friend named Hannah, so I have good associations with it. I'm choosing it above Madeline for that reason.
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Madeline, sounding like mad(e)lin, any time. The (e) is almost not there.
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With that spelling, I would say mad-uh-LINE.
I don't like either name much and find them both way overused. But if I had to choose, it might be Hannah by a hair.
I don't like either name much and find them both way overused. But if I had to choose, it might be Hannah by a hair.
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Hmmmm. Well, I don't really favor one over the other. They're both pretty much equal when it comes to my preference.
I guess I'd pick Hannah
Madeline is decent and nice but I don't care for the presumably unavoidable nn 'Maddy' and any 'mad' prefix name unfortunately reminds me way too much of 'Madison' a name I cannot stand. I prefer to say Madeline with the 'line' ending. Madeline or Madeleine. I'd say it with the lyn\lynn ending if it was spelled as Madelyn or whatever
I guess I'd pick Hannah
Madeline is decent and nice but I don't care for the presumably unavoidable nn 'Maddy' and any 'mad' prefix name unfortunately reminds me way too much of 'Madison' a name I cannot stand. I prefer to say Madeline with the 'line' ending. Madeline or Madeleine. I'd say it with the lyn\lynn ending if it was spelled as Madelyn or whatever
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The only time I ever hear it pronounced with a line ending is in the Madeleine stories, and then you kind of have to or it messes up the rhyme scheme.
I don't much like either one (they don't strike me as 1990's names to me; they still seem to be going strong) but I'll take Madeline any day over Hannah. Hannah is just too washed-out and flavorless. At least Madeline has just a touch of elegance to it.
I don't much like either one (they don't strike me as 1990's names to me; they still seem to be going strong) but I'll take Madeline any day over Hannah. Hannah is just too washed-out and flavorless. At least Madeline has just a touch of elegance to it.
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