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[Opinions] Re: Got a nickname - now I need a full name. Help?
I have a friend called Dee which is short for Dedranae (pronounced Dee-ja-nay) if that helps.
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I'm delighted by the way you wrote down the pronunciation of Dedranae! First of all because from what I learnt about this "d turning into j before an r because of assimilation" thing, the r should seemingly still be there but here it's not (maybe it disappears into the a?). And just the fact that you bothered to represent it happening at all! I think it's very audible in Adrian or Sandra for example and yet I don't really see anyone making a note of it.Of course it's possible the pronunciation isn't even English and there is a language where "dr" just represents the "j" sound which would be no less thrilling!
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Yes I certainly don’t think the name is English, but it is very hard to find exactly where it’s from. Websites just label it as American but I thought it was French.
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