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in reply to a message by Norah Namenerd
A Spanish-speaker would pronounce Scarlet and Stephanie as "Escarlet" and "Estephanie," so they would be considered spelling variants of the same name. But since an English-speaker would perceive them as different names, I don't think you should combine them. To me, Scarlet and Escarlet are as different as Stella and Estella.
But if you were making a list of names used only by Spanish-speakers, then I would combine them.
But if you were making a list of names used only by Spanish-speakers, then I would combine them.
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Thanks!
would you do the same with
Jocelyn/Joceline/Joselin
Yosselin/Yocelyn/Yoselin
Dioselyn/Dioselin
(the J's, Y's, and D's all have a ton of spellings each)
would you do the same with
Jocelyn/Joceline/Joselin
Yosselin/Yocelyn/Yoselin
Dioselyn/Dioselin
(the J's, Y's, and D's all have a ton of spellings each)
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Yes. I suppose that it depends on the parents' accent, how long they've been here, how well they know English. I work with native Spanish speakers, and am having trouble thinking of a time when they couldn't say the J at the begining of a name. But,I do have a Nancy spelled Nansi and a future Allison spelled Allyson in my list of students because of the accent.
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