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Re: Ariella (plus a note)
by tor
6/30/2005, 6:07 AM
in reply to a message by mariej2
She can name her daughter any name she wants. I happen to like Rene rather than Renee. It's better than Tootsie Roll, Apple, and Amy May/May Amy, by all means.
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- shantastic   +5
6/30/2005, 7:15 AM
I think mariej2 was just pointing out that Renee is the proper feminine form. You could name a girl Rene, but that doesn't make Rene a female name.Personally I think Rene for a girl looks uneducated or poorly thought out, like you didn't know the feminine form. The names are pronounced the same, so I don't see the point in not using Renee for a girl.Shannon (who knows there's an accent on the first 'e' in Renee but can't put it there with this keyboard.)
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- tor   +1
6/30/2005, 12:39 PM
I was just trying to explain that it didn't matter if it were feminine or masculine. I thought mariej2 made it sound like Renee was the 'proper' and only form you should ever use on a girl. That's just the was I interpreted it. Sorry if I get anyone angry about it.
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- Chrisell
7/1/2005, 2:42 AM
Don't worry, I agree with you. It's not so much the Renee / Rene thing, but mariej2's constantly high-handed and pretentious attitude about what's "right" or "wrong" that grates.
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- Kelly R. (Kelly716)   +2
6/30/2005, 7:28 AM
I agreeRené is the masculine form, Renée is the feminine form. If you don't know the rule, it's the same as with fiancé/fiancée; one "e" on the end is masculine and two is feminine. A girl named René would probably get weird looks if she ever traveled to a French-speaking area.

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- Miranda (Randee15)
6/30/2005, 12:10 PM
I ditto Shantastic and Kelly R. Sorry...
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- Elinor (Elly747)
6/30/2005, 11:03 AM
I think French-speaking people have far better things to do with their time than give a foreign girl named Rene "weird looks". Despite living in Scotland where Mc- and Mac- surnames are hugely popular, accounting for about a quarter of surnames, if I met an American girl named McKayla I wouldn't give her a "weird look". I'd know fine well it was a cultural difference. I might not like McKayla - indeed I don't - but it wouldn't baffle me and it certainly wouldn't cause me to be rude and give someone a strange look._____________________________________________________________________"There are few more distressing sights than that
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- Schezar   +1
6/30/2005, 7:04 AM
Oh, please tell me there's no Tootsie Roll and you were just using that as an example.-------------------------------------------------
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- Miranda (Randee15)
6/30/2005, 12:10 PM
There is. Search the archives.
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