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Help[Opinions] Arto?
Wdyt about Arto? My husband hates it, but I love it... We discussed it during the name search^^ At the moment we're looking for a name for our first baby (if a boy Alexander Jacob Vico, for a girl we didn't make a clear decision yet FN Morrigan MN).
This message was edited 2/7/2013, 1:25 PM
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Arto is alright; kind of refreshing, I think. Sound-wise, I prefer Arlo but I do enjoy Arthur and his variants. I did immediately think of Arturo but, even so, I can't imagine problems rhyming Arto with "two"; it looks like it's meant to be a long "o" sound, as in "go". I think it's pretty intuitive for English-speakers.
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It doesn't sound like a real name at all, but more like a goofy nickname for Arthur. Like he'd have friends named Steve-O and Jimbo.
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oh okay.. thx for your point of view^^
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It's OK, I think it's very common in Finland, where it's pronounced something like AHR-toh. In English I think it would sound more like "are too" or "R2" as in R2D2 from Star Wars...
You're not considering it for a girl, are you?
You're not considering it for a girl, are you?
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Arto would never be pronounced as "are too" in English. Pretty much all English speakers would say AHR-toh (or AHR-doh).
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No, in the US it would not sound like 2r2. It would just sound like R-Toe.
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We have a multicultural family (4 languages), so we don't pronounce it english. Otherwise i wouldn't like it so much i think... ;) but i never though about that problematic with R2...
Absolutely NO ^^ i would never ever name a girl Arto (and it wouldn't be possible in europe i think).
Absolutely NO ^^ i would never ever name a girl Arto (and it wouldn't be possible in europe i think).
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