Message: "Diana, Dia... French or English? WDYT?"

[Opinions] Diana, Dia... French or English? WDYT?

by Stevie (StevieGrl)

5/11/2008, 5:11 PM

For my main character I'm leaning towards Talitha or Diane, but would pronouncing Diane the french way [Dee-an] be confusing? Especially since this is a book.

Also if I pronouced Diane the english way [Die-an] could I still use Dia [Dee-a] as a nickname?

Is there any other names that I could use Dia as a nickname for?

Also what would be a good middle name for it?
I possibly might put the two together and have her name be Diane Talitha.

WDYT?

Thanks!!!

#English #French

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- Julia (JuliaF)

5/11/2008, 5:31 PM

Well, you can't control the pronunciation your readers will use. Maybe you could have another character in the book pronounce it wrong and have the character correct him/her if you want to make it clear.

Dia could be a nickname for die-AN. I think Talitha Diane flows better than Diane Talitha.

- Snapdragon +1

5/11/2008, 5:20 PM

Some full names for Dia...

Adria
Adriana
Delia
Delphinia
Dorothea
Lydia

This message was edited 5/11/2008, 5:23 PM

- Cora (Lyric)

5/11/2008, 5:55 PM

Lydia is a good idea!

- Hannah Ruth

5/11/2008, 5:15 PM

I would say it 'DYE-ann'. If you want it pronounced 'DEE-ann' you might want to spell it Deanne or Deanna. You could use 'Dee' as a nn, or 'Dea' for Deanna.

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