Message: "Re: Aveline" - Behind the Name

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Re: Aveline

by Bear

8/19/2011, 12:19 PM

I want to like Aveline, really I do. But I can't help but think of products like Vaselin and Valvoline. I should do that with Eveline too, but for some reason changing one vowel sound is enough to do the trick. So being lazy, I stick with Eveline.

I'm not sure why Aveline hasn't caught on. There are many names like that. With the popularity of "El-" names I thought it was bound to be Elsa / Elsie's turn to shine. Alas.

Perhaps it's the uncertainty about the pronunciation. I can see some people saying "-leen" and others saying, "-line." Is the first syllable a long "a" as in Ava, or a short one as in Avril / Averill? I confess I've never heard it before so I'll take your word that it's a long "a."

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- Hola123 +1

8/19/2011, 1:12 PM

I pronounce it with a short a. For some reason I've never even thought to pronounce it with a long one like Ava.

- Bear

8/19/2011, 1:22 PM

Thanks. That's how I imagined it also. I was reading more into ADT's original post that I should have. :-)

- ADT (guest) +3

8/19/2011, 12:29 PM

When I noted Ava I didn't mean that the 'A' is pronounced like the 'A' in Ava. I'm not sure about the correct pronounciation, I was just going by the look of the name.

- Bear +2

8/19/2011, 12:45 PM

Oh, sorry. So is it, "AV-uh-leen" / "AV-uh-line" or something else?

- ADT (guest) +1

8/19/2011, 1:09 PM

I'm thinking AV-uh-leen - but I'm not 100% sure.

- Bear

8/19/2011, 1:22 PM

Oh, good. Because that's how I've been imagining it all along. :-)

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