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Re: Lina, Linna and Linnéa

by Soul (guest)

6/18/2006, 3:11 PM

in reply to a message by Ylva

Linnea is my favourite girl name, period. If I'll ever get a daughter, her name will definitely be Linnea.

I'm Finnish, so Linna is a bit too much of a word and a surname to me. Lina is OK, but I find it a little too plain.

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- Ylva +3

6/18/2006, 4:40 PM

But what about Vanamo?

I read that Vanamo is Finnish for linnéa, the twinflower.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- Soul (guest) +2

6/19/2006, 1:19 AM

Yes, it is. Vanamo is a nice name, too, but I don't like it even nearly as much as I like Linnea. The main reason I love the name Linnea is because I love the way it sounds and looks, so it's not just the association to the flower that I find appealing.

- Ylva +1

6/19/2006, 5:28 AM

How is Vanamo pronounced?

With the stress on the first syllable, VAN-ah-mo?

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- Soul (guest)

6/19/2006, 7:20 AM

Yep, VAN-ah-mo.

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