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[arbus.livejournal.com]

fell completely head over heels in love with a name today

brighde

the guy who was telling me the womans name was pronouncing it breezjya, just like the plant freesia is pronounced, but with a b instead.

so ridiculously not my style, but i absolutely love it. i couldnt find it on any of the baby naming websites though.

thoughts?

ETA: i love the pronunciation, and assumed it was gaelic or something because of the crazy spelling. doubt i would ever use it thanks to the pronunciation issues, but thought it was beautiful anyway.

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[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Or they are using a different root name than the one you found. It could be Scandinavian/Russian...

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Most irish people I hear speaking have a very similar d/j sound. Bridget often sounds like Brijit-- their d/j is not as distinct as in American English.

I would say it's more appropriately pron. breejda, but there is some variance and I've seen it more commonly rpnounced breeda

[euphrosyna]

You're right about the d/j pronunciation, but I'd say "breej-eh" or "breej-ah" rather than "breejda".

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I meant more the Irish pron. of j/d. But yes, I agree with you, but the j sound would be very strong, if that makes sense.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Eh, very strong to an American's ears... heh.. as opposed to a normal zh sound. Guess you'd know more, though. ;)