ext_102573 ([identity profile] daydream11.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2013-09-12 07:45 pm
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Are they too alike?

So I'm working on character names for my NaNoWriMo novel, and I'm running into the "I need names that sound well together but don't get confused with each other" issue. Visually, Rowena and Morgana don't look alike, but lyrically they kinda sound similar (roh-WHEN-a and more-GAHN-a is how I'm pronouncing them). Thoughts? Would it be too much for two characters that share the same space in a story?
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[personal profile] jexia 2013-09-13 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
So long as they don't start with the same letter, I don't give a crap how similar the names are! Apparently that's how characters get filed in my brain.

[identity profile] liltxangel83.livejournal.com 2013-09-13 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
yup pretty much this exactly.

[identity profile] designingdreams.livejournal.com 2013-09-13 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
Are they siblings? They do seem to match in 'naming style', and I'd totally buy that they'd be on the same person's 'potential names' list.

[identity profile] politicking.livejournal.com 2013-09-13 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
This.

[identity profile] daydream11.livejournal.com 2013-09-13 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
They marry into the same family, so sort of related.

[identity profile] lipsty.livejournal.com 2013-09-13 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
In the UK, at least, Rowena is Row-EEN-na.

[identity profile] daydream11.livejournal.com 2013-09-14 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
I've never heard it pronounced the way.

[identity profile] heyskeleton.livejournal.com 2013-09-14 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm in Australia and I/we pronounce it Row-EEN-na, too.

[identity profile] cairtirnin.livejournal.com 2013-09-15 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm in the US and that is how I've always pronounced it as well.
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