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HelpRe: Elaine or Eileen?
in reply to a message by New_Chloë
My mother had an Eileen relative who used to phone for a chat; this was the signal to take Mum a cup of tea and a slice of cake, because she was going to get monologued at for over an hour ...
I've got a Laine niece, named after her mother's school friend Elaine - an excellent person. And a wonderful Elaine SIL: Grade 1 teacher, and also a highly qualified teacher of ballet; now also learning to paint with water-colours.
It should be easy, and perhaps it is. I'd pick Elaine, but I'd only use it as a mn. I really cannot warm up to either of them, however hard I try. I find the woild Oirish energy of Eileen moildly attractive, but not enough.
I've got a Laine niece, named after her mother's school friend Elaine - an excellent person. And a wonderful Elaine SIL: Grade 1 teacher, and also a highly qualified teacher of ballet; now also learning to paint with water-colours.
It should be easy, and perhaps it is. I'd pick Elaine, but I'd only use it as a mn. I really cannot warm up to either of them, however hard I try. I find the woild Oirish energy of Eileen moildly attractive, but not enough.
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