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Help[Opinions] Sephalie
My boyfriend is Indian and we were talking about names. He mentioned he loves the name Shefali (SHEF-a-lee). In his language, Bangali, S's are always pronounced "Sh", so the spelling Sephalie popped into my head, and I thought that was quite pretty. After a quick search, it turns out, there are Indian people who use this spelling. I could have swore it was a real French name but I guess not haha. So what do you think of Sephalie as a name? People could choose whether to call her SEF-a-lee or SHEF-a-lee depending on their background. I think I would switch back and forth.
Apparently Shefali is a type of flower in the orchid family that looks like this:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2310/1611982804_d5cfe555de_z.jpg?zz=1
Apparently Shefali is a type of flower in the orchid family that looks like this:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2310/1611982804_d5cfe555de_z.jpg?zz=1
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I actually think Sephalie / Shefali is a very pretty name. I've never heard it before, but I like it. Shefali could me mistaken for a boys name, so because of that I would probably use Sephalie instead.
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SHEF-a-lee is ok, SEF-a-lee sounds too much like syphilis. Sephalie lends itself to the SEF-a-lee pronunciation so I don't like it. I'd opt for Shefali
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the user submitted info for Shefali indicates that the pronunciation is "sheh-FAH-lee." Take that for what it's worth because I have no idea what is correct
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the user submitted info for Shefali indicates that the pronunciation is "sheh-FAH-lee." Take that for what it's worth because I have no idea what is correct
This message was edited 8/11/2012, 5:44 PM
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I don't get the "Syphillis" sound at all from it. Instead I think of Sephora, but thanks for the opinion.
And this user who wrote that it was pronounced sheh-FAH-lee also wrote, "Some form of Middle Eastern, specific culture unknown." *facepalm at "Middle Eastern"* My boyfriend speaks Bangali. I'll take his word instead.
And this user who wrote that it was pronounced sheh-FAH-lee also wrote, "Some form of Middle Eastern, specific culture unknown." *facepalm at "Middle Eastern"* My boyfriend speaks Bangali. I'll take his word instead.
This message was edited 8/11/2012, 6:09 PM
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