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HelpRe: Iris, Wren or Raya?
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Raya. I know it's a dating app, but I still really like it. I also love Raina. Second would be Wren. I went to high school with an Iris and she was teased - Iris the Virus. It ruined the name for me.
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Wut. Iris does not rhyme with virus at all in my accent. That teasing would have been too lame to attempt, where I grew up at least.
I also knew an Iris the Virus when I was in high school. Totally easy to rhyme.
This message was edited 1/2/2024, 9:03 AM
Do you say EE-ris or EE-rees? I've only hear it the IE-ris way...or do you just pronounce virus differently?
This message was edited 1/2/2024, 6:33 AM
I don't say Iris as Eye-russ, and I don't say virus as Vie-riss. In the same way that I don't say "did" as "dud," "wrist" as "rust," or "dammit" as "dammut." The "rhyme" of Iris/virus is "one mile from home" - so close that it emphasizes the difference, for me.
Iris does not rhyme with Cyrus either. Cyrus the Virus would not be so lame imo, since that actually does rhyme.
I don't even think rhyme-teasing is a real problem with any decent name though. It's just something people list when we think of reasons we don't like a name.
Iris does not rhyme with Cyrus either. Cyrus the Virus would not be so lame imo, since that actually does rhyme.
I don't even think rhyme-teasing is a real problem with any decent name though. It's just something people list when we think of reasons we don't like a name.
Ok, they're all basically a schwa to me. Not like dud and rust.
A negative rhyme seems even more unnoticeable to me with Iris because it's such an object type word in addition to being established; I'd think most people would strongly associate it with flowers and to a lesser extent color/perfume/eyes before thinking of rhymes. But if I'd heard someone taunted IRL with a rhyming NN, I guess I'd notice.
A negative rhyme seems even more unnoticeable to me with Iris because it's such an object type word in addition to being established; I'd think most people would strongly associate it with flowers and to a lesser extent color/perfume/eyes before thinking of rhymes. But if I'd heard someone taunted IRL with a rhyming NN, I guess I'd notice.
It rhymes in my accent.
She was probably teased for other reasons as well.
She's also part of the reason I don't like the name
She was probably teased for other reasons as well.
She's also part of the reason I don't like the name