I'm eight months pregnant, and I absolutely love the name Amandine [a - man - deen]. It's French and has two meanings : "Who needs to be loved" and "Soul of the Andes".
It's not even really 'mahn' in the middle, it's more like am-o(n)-deen, but with the middle syllable 'swallowed' a little, that (n) is nasal and not an English sound.
I do like French names but I detest when they're pronounced badly. As both of my names are French names that English speakers mangle frequently I think I'm entitled to feel this hostility. ;-)
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Date: 2005-07-04 10:43 am (UTC)I do like French names but I detest when they're pronounced badly. As both of my names are French names that English speakers mangle frequently I think I'm entitled to feel this hostility. ;-)