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Hi All,
I'm only familiar with this name by reading it, but have always read it as BREE-o-nee. I'm from the Northeast US and wonder how others pronounce this, especially where it's more popular(England?). I wonder, too, if the spelling "Briony" is an accepted alternate spelling. This wouldn't effect the BREE-o-ny/BRI-o-ny pronunciation, but even though the double y spelling is the more traditional(and I'm usually for that), it has the appearance of being ultra-feminized and/or being a creative spelling. The prn of BRI-o-ny sounds to my ear as a diminutive of the boy's name Brian in a way, another reason that I prefer the first version. As much as I love the name (and how I thought it was pronounced), would my changes in both spelling and prn butcher it?
Thanks!
I'm only familiar with this name by reading it, but have always read it as BREE-o-nee. I'm from the Northeast US and wonder how others pronounce this, especially where it's more popular(England?). I wonder, too, if the spelling "Briony" is an accepted alternate spelling. This wouldn't effect the BREE-o-ny/BRI-o-ny pronunciation, but even though the double y spelling is the more traditional(and I'm usually for that), it has the appearance of being ultra-feminized and/or being a creative spelling. The prn of BRI-o-ny sounds to my ear as a diminutive of the boy's name Brian in a way, another reason that I prefer the first version. As much as I love the name (and how I thought it was pronounced), would my changes in both spelling and prn butcher it?
Thanks!
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