[Opinions] Re: Ismene
in reply to a message by Ismene
OK. Now I feel rather stupid. Years ago I had a thing for Ismene, despite the fact that it sounded like "is (a) meanie." Yeah. I thought it was "iz-MEE-nee." Now that I know it should be "iz-MAY-nee" I can go ahead and love it all the more! Thanks and Yay!
Ismene Beatrice sounds like a Victorian daughter accompanying her aristocratic father on a Greek excavation site. (Cue the Lord Carnarvon / Evelyn Herbert / Howard Carter / King Tut images . . . . ) My brain is very happy with the images Ismene Beatrice is putting together. Loving Ismene Beatrice. :-)
Tanis Elodie brings to mind more of a twenties vamp. [You'd think the King Tut thing above would make Ismene Beatrice a twenties girl as well, but no, she's definitely Victorian.] Tanis Elodie is free spirited and bra-less.
Clea Avigail is lost. She can't make up her mind where she belongs so I'm having a hard time with her. Very stubborn. Clea keeps telling me, "No, I'm not Cleo. I'm Clea!" and it's getting on my nerves. Avigail is a saint to put up with her.
Ismene Beatrice sounds like a Victorian daughter accompanying her aristocratic father on a Greek excavation site. (Cue the Lord Carnarvon / Evelyn Herbert / Howard Carter / King Tut images . . . . ) My brain is very happy with the images Ismene Beatrice is putting together. Loving Ismene Beatrice. :-)
Tanis Elodie brings to mind more of a twenties vamp. [You'd think the King Tut thing above would make Ismene Beatrice a twenties girl as well, but no, she's definitely Victorian.] Tanis Elodie is free spirited and bra-less.
Clea Avigail is lost. She can't make up her mind where she belongs so I'm having a hard time with her. Very stubborn. Clea keeps telling me, "No, I'm not Cleo. I'm Clea!" and it's getting on my nerves. Avigail is a saint to put up with her.
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Don't feel stupid, because "iz-MEE-nee" is just as valid as "iz-MAY-nee". I suspect "iz-MEE-nee" (or is-MEE-nee) is actually more traditional.
This message was edited 9/4/2012, 7:50 PM