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Do you think spelling a name differently can make it more feminine or masculine?

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[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Phonetically speaking, I feel that you're correct about that, but there are so many words that are not pronounced how they're spelled. That's why English is so tricky. For example, Christine! Ch should make a "chuh" sound, and Stine should be kind of... "sty-n", so if you really analyze Christine, it might be "cha-rist-ihne" really.