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HelpRe: Georgina or Georgiana
in reply to a message by Mareasi
I far prefer Georgina. Georgiana is 18th-century pedantic.
Like the poet Keats, I pronounce it George-ee-anna. Four syllables. People who say Jor-Jane-a are deluded; it seems that one family once used that, and the sheep have followed. (Keats wrote a poem to a girlfriend, Georgiana. Then he changed it to fit another girlfriend, and Georgiana became 'dearest Emma'. Four syllables.)
Like the poet Keats, I pronounce it George-ee-anna. Four syllables. People who say Jor-Jane-a are deluded; it seems that one family once used that, and the sheep have followed. (Keats wrote a poem to a girlfriend, Georgiana. Then he changed it to fit another girlfriend, and Georgiana became 'dearest Emma'. Four syllables.)
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