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Help[Opinions] Spelling-time fun
Reading an article about preprimary schools for local children in working-class suburbs, two of the adults concerned caught my attention. What do you think? Charmaline and Alichea. Both are new to me.
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Obviously, it isn't specified how either are pronounced so I'm going to go off the pronunciation I think it is. Charmaline - (Karma - line) and Alichea - (either Alli - Kay - uh or Alli - Key - uh). I personally don't think I'd use either. Charmaline is just too sweet. I like sweet names, but it's like candy. Too sweet and it starts to be cloying. So, I'd use Charmalie/Karmalie, but probably not Charmaline. Alichea is okay. I don't love the spelling. It looks like leech and lichen. I'd use Alakea. In my opinion Charmalie (pronounced Charm - ally, maybe? nn: Charlie or Charms?), Karmalie, and Alakea would be good fantasy story names.
That's very interesting! I'd assumed that the ch in Charmaline was the same as in Charline or Charmaine, a sh, and a usual ch in Alichea, which I thought was a rogue version of Alicia. But as you say, there's no way of knowing.
Weird! I asked my friend how she'd pronounce Charmaline and she said the same as you, so I guess I'm the odd one out, haha. I was thinking of like Charis/Charissa/Chris. Looking at both names again, I think you're probably right, but those were my first impressions.
Don't like either, the 2nd is creative spelling, the other too frilly
Charmaline is interesting and pretty. Alichea is an awful spelling of Alicia.
Maybe it's a take on Althea?
That would be even worse, to be honest. At least I can imagine how Alichea could be pronounced like Alicia, but Althea is just completely butchered.
Both names definitely stand out but neither are my style and I wouldn’t use them.