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[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

We've all heard of the name Bernadette for a girl. I've even known a Bernadetta. But I've never met (until I started my Adolescent Literature Interpretation course, that is), a

Benedette.

Apparently, we're either supposed to call her Benny or Ned.

WDYT? I, um, kinda hate it.

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[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Maybe her parents had heard of the name but didn't know how to spell it?

Yeah...I don't like it either. The nicknames are even worse!

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Definitely not my style. Ned is kind of cute for a girl, though, especially as a nickname. ^^

[argentina.livejournal.com]

I think Benedetto is Italian for Benedict, so the female form would probably be Benedetta, and this might be a Frenchization of an Italian name? Or something? Either way, I've never heard it this way, and I don't like it either.

[jerseygrits.livejournal.com]

Funny coincidence - a book I'm reading right now (What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies) has a character named Mary-Benedetta, and they call her Mary-Ben. They're all Catholic and Mary-Something in that family.

Benedetta does seem to be an Italian name, so I guess (hope) Benedette is another version of that. I'm not a fan either.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I think all three names you listed are ugly.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

I just started working with a Benedette. I'd never hear it before, either, and thought it was ugly at first. It's been growing on me, though.

I also know a Bernadine (burn-a-dean).

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I don't like it, but in a way I like it a tad more than Bernadette... I really don't like Bern/Bernie etc.

Ned is HORRIBLE though!

[ex-londonso.livejournal.com]

I know 3 Italian girls called Benedetta, it's also the name of a saint and a Gerard Malanga poem.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I knew a Bernadine, as well. Somehow I like it better than Bernadette (and much better than Benedette!)

[joybelleblossom.livejournal.com]

Huh. Not sure what I think. I don't like the way it looks, but when said it's not too awful. I have a friend named Bernetta .