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in reply to a message by Perrine
I don't love Nina but I think it's the nicest of the three. Straightforward and serious but also cute and fun. My only critique is the whole "it means girl in spanish" thing.
I tend to avoid Clara because it's sort of ambiguous in pronunciation; I never know if she wants to be pronounced CLAA-ra or CLARE-a. Also, I usually find -ara names charming and humble, but I think Clara is a little too precious. I guess I feel the same way about Claire.
I want to like Greta but I just don't think it sounds very nice. Maybe if I spoke a language where the T was pronounced and the name wasn't reduced to Gredda, I would like it better.
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"We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out." - Harris Wittels
I tend to avoid Clara because it's sort of ambiguous in pronunciation; I never know if she wants to be pronounced CLAA-ra or CLARE-a. Also, I usually find -ara names charming and humble, but I think Clara is a little too precious. I guess I feel the same way about Claire.
I want to like Greta but I just don't think it sounds very nice. Maybe if I spoke a language where the T was pronounced and the name wasn't reduced to Gredda, I would like it better.
"We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out." - Harris Wittels
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But the Spanish word is spelled differently (accent above the second N) and it is also pronounced differently NEEN-ya, instead of NEE-na (Nina). I studied Spanish and the word never reminded me of the name at all because of the very different pronunciation and the different spelling as well.
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I'm aware, it's just still what I think of.
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Ahhh I understand :) To me that is not a problem because it's not a negative word or anything like that. I also doubt that most Spanish speakers would think of the word. At least I had a girl named Nina in my class and she tried to tell our Spanish exchange students that her name meant girl in Spanish and they didn't get it because it sounds so different and then she had to write it down but even then it wasn't exactly the same, but they understood :P I once met a girl named Ninja pronounced NEEN-ya (like the word) but spelled like ninja :P that was odd to me personally.
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Yeah, don't let my silly associations bother you! That's good that it's not a problem for Spanish speakers. I figured they'd avoid the name but it's cool that that's not the case. :)
Ninja, ha! Makes sense though!
Ninja, ha! Makes sense though!
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