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Help[Opinions] Re: Leona (eta)
in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Well the first thing I would think is that the parents were inspired by the singer Leona Lewis.
The second thing I would think is that it's one of those names that I get a specific weird vibe from. I'm not really sure how to describe this vibe, but I get it with names like Lanae and Sienna and Simone, too. I guess the best way I can describe it is that it seems like these names are almost too "smooth", which gives me... I dunno, this weird feeling. It's like a name made out of Spandex, it seems so smooth that it borders on this weird artificial feelings. It's almost impossible to describe, sorry I'm not of much help :P
After that I would think that it was nice that a baby was given a legitimate, unusual-but-not-bizarre name. I would also think it sounds a bit 80's.
ETA: I am pronouncing it as LAY-oh-na, not LEE-oh-na. I don't get the same vibe at all from LEE-oh-na; I think that's very very pretty.
The second thing I would think is that it's one of those names that I get a specific weird vibe from. I'm not really sure how to describe this vibe, but I get it with names like Lanae and Sienna and Simone, too. I guess the best way I can describe it is that it seems like these names are almost too "smooth", which gives me... I dunno, this weird feeling. It's like a name made out of Spandex, it seems so smooth that it borders on this weird artificial feelings. It's almost impossible to describe, sorry I'm not of much help :P
After that I would think that it was nice that a baby was given a legitimate, unusual-but-not-bizarre name. I would also think it sounds a bit 80's.
ETA: I am pronouncing it as LAY-oh-na, not LEE-oh-na. I don't get the same vibe at all from LEE-oh-na; I think that's very very pretty.
This message was edited 10/25/2009, 5:27 PM
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Thank you!
Do you actually know someone with this name who pronounces it as LAY-oh-na, or was that just what you thought when you first saw it? I have never met someone in the USA with this name who doesn't say it as lee-OH-nuh myself. :)
Do you actually know someone with this name who pronounces it as LAY-oh-na, or was that just what you thought when you first saw it? I have never met someone in the USA with this name who doesn't say it as lee-OH-nuh myself. :)
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I've only ever heard her name pronounced as Lee-ona. She was just being interviewed on tv as I was commenting on CKE's post.
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