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[sayga.livejournal.com]

1. So, you know on Alice in Wonderland, her cat's name is Dinah (Dye-nuh). Is that how you spell it? Or is Dinah pronounced like Dee-nah? How about Dena or Dina? Are all of these pronounced Dee-nuh? And once you get the right spelling for DYE-nuh, does it sound like you're saying "diner" with a British accent, or does it actually sound like a name?

2. Which of these is better, if any (for someone hoping to get the nickname "Kes" out of it):
Kes
Kessa
Kesana / Kesanna
Kesandra / Kessandra
Kesandria / Kesandrea or Kessandria / Kessandrea

3. Is Anice or Annis too close to "anus" to be a good name?

4. How would you pronounce Evalena? I'm thinking ehv-ah-LEE-nuh, but maybe the first letter says eee instead of eh.

5. How about Adeline? ah-dah-lynn, ah-dah-leen, or ah-dah-line (line as in clothes line)? It isn't a terribly common name, but it's very close to Madeline. Like Addison to Madison. I think I'd avoid using either of those, just because they are so close to a popular name. (well, Addison is #107 for 2005, so still popular, but no where near as popular as Madison is).

Comments

[krosp.livejournal.com]

1. I'd say Dinah is "DYE-nuh", and that is also the way I pronounce "diner" because I have an Australian accent. That doesn't make it sound any less like a name though, and I don't think of diners when I'm saying it! I don't know how you'd spell it if it was pronounced deena

2. I can't think of a name that I already know of, which has Kes as a nickname. Kessandra would get too confused with Cassandra, the others would be ok i guess

3. Recently I was reading a recipe which has anise in it and I thought it would make a pretty name. I pronounce it like "uh-NEES" though, so it sounds nothing like anus. The way you pronounce it does sound more like that

4. I pronounce it the same way you do. Evv-uh-LEE-nuh

5. ADD-a-line