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[Opinions] Re: Meadow

by Melania (melrose452)

4/5/2009, 3:57 PM

I do kind of like Meadow, but I mainly see it as a GP. Maddie has a very different sound from Meadow, so I doubt if people would call her that unless they were told to. Since meadow is a common English word, I think misspellings, like Maddo (which sounds nothing like meadow), would be less common than non-word names.

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- Lily8 +3

4/5/2009, 3:59 PM

Could you explain

how exactly Meadow sounds different from Maddo/Maddie etc? I only hear a very slight difference, actually so I think it could easily be misunderstood. Kind of like with Ember and Amber.

- LMS

4/5/2009, 9:57 PM

Meadow sounds like Med-O whereas Maddo sounds like Mad-O. Completely different sounds just as Ember is M-bur and Amber is Am-bur.

- Fer (jc) +1

4/5/2009, 4:10 PM

I agree with Melania. Meadow has a strong EH sound, whereas Maddo/Maddie have the soft A. Maddo rhymes with shadow to me.

And in response to your OP: I don't like it for a human. I can see it used on a girl (like on the TV show The Sopranos) but it's not my style.

- Lily8

4/5/2009, 4:40 PM

Okay thanks. I hear a difference just not a huge one. But I see what you mean.

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