Re: Make me love or hate these: day 5 + update
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Rahela - prefer Rachael
Agatha - is fine but Aggie isn't. Mn only
Rosalia - frilly and fussy; prefer Rosalie
Xenia - Zen- of Zeen-? Don't care really: it just seems unmemorable and dull
Sophia - love it if it's sophEYEa, not if it's sophEEa
Heinrich - fine if you're German; pretentious if you aren't
Agatha - is fine but Aggie isn't. Mn only
Rosalia - frilly and fussy; prefer Rosalie
Xenia - Zen- of Zeen-? Don't care really: it just seems unmemorable and dull
Sophia - love it if it's sophEYEa, not if it's sophEEa
Heinrich - fine if you're German; pretentious if you aren't
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I've never heard of the prn sophEYEa!
British English, though with Europe on one side and the US on the other, sophEEa is taking over.
Me neither.