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I absolutely hate Millie, as a stand alone name and as a nickname for the dreaded Millicent or Mildred.
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Please vote on my ♀ & ♂ lists!
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Why hate or dread any name? I love the "ild" sound through the required throat closure.
If I were named Millicent, I, myself--at least, would more equate the pronunciation as Mélisand / Mélisand(e) - and this pronunciation is still possible even with the modern "Millicent" spelling. I segregated the (silent?) e, while yet unnecessary, it is still a variable sonority in and of itself, even as a silent letter it affects the pronunciation or stress of other letters. Wow - now I am playing with the idea of adding not only a 2nd middle but also a third - re-arranging my entire name configuration into five name strand. Names are personal nouns and may be pronounced differently than a phonetic spelling--like any word, really. When we consider diphthongs, we do ourselves no favors to abbreviate spelling for a standardization we have yet to achieve, but still suffer tired similarity from the current result.
Dictionaries even today continue to amend spelling(s) of many words; yet this does not belittle the importance of them, and they serve as wonderful reference guides--but not as absolute authoritative rule precedents, actually quite the opposite--and most dictionaries would even state as much.
If I were named Millicent, I, myself--at least, would more equate the pronunciation as Mélisand / Mélisand(e) - and this pronunciation is still possible even with the modern "Millicent" spelling. I segregated the (silent?) e, while yet unnecessary, it is still a variable sonority in and of itself, even as a silent letter it affects the pronunciation or stress of other letters. Wow - now I am playing with the idea of adding not only a 2nd middle but also a third - re-arranging my entire name configuration into five name strand. Names are personal nouns and may be pronounced differently than a phonetic spelling--like any word, really. When we consider diphthongs, we do ourselves no favors to abbreviate spelling for a standardization we have yet to achieve, but still suffer tired similarity from the current result.
Dictionaries even today continue to amend spelling(s) of many words; yet this does not belittle the importance of them, and they serve as wonderful reference guides--but not as absolute authoritative rule precedents, actually quite the opposite--and most dictionaries would even state as much.
This message was edited 7/27/2017, 7:32 PM
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