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Help[Opinions] Re: Emmélise
in reply to a message by Delphi_Blue
I actually find Emmelise more attractive than Emmeline although I'm not wild about that accent in the middle since most French names are stressed on the last syllable (most but not all). I'd pronounce it emma-LEASE. Emme's cute but it doesn't really stand apart from all the other Em names.
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I have no idea what the "correct original" version would be. I only have this site to go on (http://cafe.rapidus.net/jhuriaux/femmese.html if you are interested) and the name is listed as Emmélise there. I believe the point of the accent is the change the pronunciation. It very well could be wrong in the original French but correct in Quebecois, I have no idea of the linguistic rules of the two variations, but couldn't it be possible that they are slightly different from the original French?
For me personally the point of keeping the accent would be to signify the middle syllable being pronunced closer the -ay sound than the more typical for English -eh.
I'm not bothered about Emme not standing apart. Emmélise is plenty different enough, if (hypothetical) Emme was bothered by the commonness of her nn it's only a nn- she can easily drop it in favour of her full name. NN's are not set in stone :)
Thanks for your input.
For me personally the point of keeping the accent would be to signify the middle syllable being pronunced closer the -ay sound than the more typical for English -eh.
I'm not bothered about Emme not standing apart. Emmélise is plenty different enough, if (hypothetical) Emme was bothered by the commonness of her nn it's only a nn- she can easily drop it in favour of her full name. NN's are not set in stone :)
Thanks for your input.
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Thanks for posting the link. I remember seeing this a few years ago. I tried looking for it , but couldn't find it recently.
Emmelise is pretty. It feels like Analise, but with the more popular Em-. With the accent, I'd say em AY leeze, without, em mah LEEZE. If she doesn't like Emme as a nn, there's always Lise.
Emmelise is pretty. It feels like Analise, but with the more popular Em-. With the accent, I'd say em AY leeze, without, em mah LEEZE. If she doesn't like Emme as a nn, there's always Lise.
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Yeah that site is taking up a lot of my time! I love French names, so its like christmas having a whole new bunch to explore! I haven't made it past the As & Es yet.
I love Anneliese / Annelise, but my cousin is Annabelle nn Annie, so I feel like its out for me :(. That's definitely part of the reason I love Emmélise - it's similarity to Annelise plus one of my favoruite nn's as an option!
I prefer the -ay prn, so I'd use it with the accent.
I love Anneliese / Annelise, but my cousin is Annabelle nn Annie, so I feel like its out for me :(. That's definitely part of the reason I love Emmélise - it's similarity to Annelise plus one of my favoruite nn's as an option!
I prefer the -ay prn, so I'd use it with the accent.
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But...everyone assumes people are having kids in the next few years. If she doesn't have kids for another 8+ years the nickname may have come on gone on the popularity scale. You could have teenagers or young adults named Emme/Em but not newborns. For some people, thats okay.
For example, when I first started posting here everyone was naming their little girls Isabel and Sophia so every comment I got was, "she will have to be Sophia S in her class" or "Isabel is so popular, I hate it." Well, what they didn't know was that this would be for hypothetical children which may not exist for (so far its been almost 9 years since those postings) another 10+ years. I had no intention of giving kids those names if I had them at that time.
By the time I use them, if I use them, they will likely no longer be popular. I met a newborn Isabel recently and hadn't met another since that big boom many years ago.
For example, when I first started posting here everyone was naming their little girls Isabel and Sophia so every comment I got was, "she will have to be Sophia S in her class" or "Isabel is so popular, I hate it." Well, what they didn't know was that this would be for hypothetical children which may not exist for (so far its been almost 9 years since those postings) another 10+ years. I had no intention of giving kids those names if I had them at that time.
By the time I use them, if I use them, they will likely no longer be popular. I met a newborn Isabel recently and hadn't met another since that big boom many years ago.
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Very true, but its only a nn so it doesn't bother me. The full name is plenty unusual, so if it bother (hypothetical) Emmy in the future, she could always go exclusively by Emmélise. NN's are not set in stone.
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