Message: "Denise and Dennis"

Denise and Dennis

by )( (guest)

1/10/2023, 8:03 AM

Wdyt?

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- Wraith (guest)

1/10/2023, 7:54 PM

I quite like Dennis, I see a depth of retro charm that could easily lend to it being used regularly again. Oddly, I see nothing of the kind with Denise which just sounds... stale. A big hair and shoulder pads kind of name.

- New_Chloë (New_Chloe)

1/10/2023, 5:30 PM

I've decided I really like Denise. I've only ever known one. Denise has that hard-edge "loud broad" energy to it I like so much. It's brassy.

Dennis is ok, it's very 1960s dad at the BBQ to me. I could see it making a comeback before Denise.

- InVain34

1/10/2023, 4:39 PM

I both like it.

- Ani (peonini)

1/10/2023, 2:18 PM

No, and no.

Both are dated and ugly.

- Kerilyntaryn21

1/10/2023, 12:07 PM

They are ok

- Wordsmith

1/10/2023, 10:42 AM

I like Dennis's homegrown rakishness. Denise is a bit tawdry to me, but I don't dislike it.

- BeccyLeader2

1/10/2023, 8:38 AM

Don't like them at all.

- Anneza +2

1/10/2023, 8:37 AM

I prefer Denis to Dennis. Denise just doesn't appeal to me at all. In South Africa it is pronounced deNEES, not deNEEZ.

- clevelandkentevans +1

1/10/2023, 8:56 AM

Denise is almost always pronounced deNEES in the USA, too, as shown by the fact that Deniece has turned up regularly as a spelling variant.

- Anneza

1/10/2023, 11:53 AM

Things are changing here, because post-democracy the country has much more contact with Francophone countries which means that French is becoming popular as a foreign language in schools. Previously a few, mostly English-medium high schools offered French (and Latin - those were the days!) but the majority of Afrikaans-medium schools offered German, an easier option for their learners. The consequence is that French given names and surnames don't sound very French any more: I've heard the -s pronounced in Georges, for instance.

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