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I prefer Dee-nah too. Die-nah for some reason makes me think of the word diner. It's a pretty name and I liked it til I met someone named Dinah lol. Although I'm sure there are other Dinah's in the world who are perfectly lovely people :)

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~Nixie

I'm not crazy about Dinah no matter how you pronounce it and if you're in the US people are going to say Die-nuh no matter what. That will just be their instinct. Also I'd be a little concerned by the story of Dinah (she's not exactly a character you want to copy) and by the song, I've Been Workin' On The Railroad...."Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow..."

Growing up, I had a bestfriend whose mom was named Dinah. I remember quite clearly thinking it was Diana, which was more familiar to me at the time. And I remember I told my mom her name was Diana so then when my mom finally met her, she kept referring to her as Diana. Then Dinah, my friend's mom, politely says with a laugh "Oh, it's DINAH!". She wasn't offended or anything, I think she must of gotten it before. My mom on the other hand was a little peeved that I told her the wrong name.

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I think Dinah is a nice name, pronounced DIN-ah. To me Dina is pronounced DEE-nah, not Dinah. It does kind of remind of Alice in Wonderland but that's not a bad association or anything. Quite a lovely name, not really my style but I can definitely see it's appeal.

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Edit: Left a word out.

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"I dare you to make less sense."

This message was edited 6/9/2005, 1:11 PM

I love Dinah alot

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I would pronounce it Die-nah but I would have no problem with the dee-nah pronunciation in fact I'm starting to like it more

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Alice

I love it, but in my country I don't gave the die-nah problem. I also find the Biblical story disturbing and would probably not name a child after Dinah for this reason.
Oh, and din-ah / deen-ah is the proper prononciation originally and in most countries. Only English speakers modified it. But since they pron. Rabbi ruh-bie it's not surprising. :)

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

This message was edited 6/9/2005, 8:07 AM

I don't care for the name, as I don't find it pretty. And the possibility of pronunciation confusion (between DIE-nah and DEE-nah) is something to consider. I only know Dinah to be pronounced as DIE-nah, never DEE-nah.

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If you want the pronunciation DEE-nah (I'm assuming, since you don't like DIE-nah), I suggest spelling it as Deena.

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Either way, I don't care for it.

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-Lissa Hannah-
Check out my profile for the names of my !'s, ?'s, ~'s, and /'s.

"Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah" is the first thing that pops into my mind. I prefer Dina to Dinah.

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To be born Welsh is not to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but with a song in your heart.

DIE-nah is the proper pronunciation, as far as I'm concerned. :) It's the name of the cat in Alice in Wonderland, so that's what I think of--I think it's a wonderful name.

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If you want the pronunciation DEE-nah, I'd spell it Dina, Deana, Dena, or Deena.

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Array

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