Growing up, I had a bestfriend whose mom was named
Dinah. I remember quite clearly thinking it was
Diana, which was more familiar to me at the time. And I remember I told my mom her name was
Diana so then when my mom finally met her, she kept referring to her as
Diana. Then
Dinah, my friend's mom, politely says with a laugh "Oh, it's
DINAH!". She wasn't offended or anything, I think she must of gotten it before. My mom on the other hand was a little peeved that I told her the wrong name.
I think
Dinah is a nice name, pronounced DIN-ah. To me
Dina is pronounced DEE-nah, not
Dinah. It does kind of remind of
Alice in Wonderland but that's not a bad association or anything. Quite a lovely name, not really my style but I can definitely see it's appeal.
Edit: Left a word out.
"I dare you to make less sense."This message was edited 6/9/2005, 1:11 PM