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Re: Make me love or hate these: day 2
in reply to a message by Ani
You asked for it.Edgar: old man name. Also, Edgar Allen Poe had issues.
Johanna: plain and dull. Why not Josephine or Anna?
Konstantinos: The second T is said like a D. That's confusing and inconsistent. Constantin is better.
Kostas: Not a good nickname for Konstantinos and not that attractive altogether.
Veronica: stuck up and not that pretty.
Ronnie: kind of silly and unsubstantial. Sounds more like a boy NN anyway.
Priscilla: Why is it spelled that way?
Clare: pretty. Not as beloved as Clair or Claire I think, but still deserving.https://youtube.com/@MarioDrama632 or
https://youtube.com/@Objects_2763 :3

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Josephine's a little too prairie feeling for me, but I still do like it, just not enough for my main list. Anna is on my main list (and a pretty new addition at that). How do you feel about Josie?Constantine is also on my main list. I like the nickname Connie too. Constance "Connie" is also on my main list.
Josie is ok, goes along with Elsie, Sadie, Bonnie etc which are used in full especially UK

This message was edited 3/8/2024, 10:07 PM

I think Josie is cute but it sounds a bit too youthful for me to like it as a full name. I also like Josey, the NN for males. :)
I've begun liking Constant and Constance more than I did years prior. They are old fashioned but sound fresh in comparison to other vintage names that have never left the charts.
Priscilla is a diminutive form of the Latin name Prisca (or Priscus for males), and would have been pronounced Pris-ka, Pris-kus or of course
Pris-ki-la. (Latin didn't have the letter k) In English, we've kept the spelling but dropped the k sound.