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[Opinions] Finnish names
Are there any Finnish people on here?I was just noticing that my Finnish customer have names such as:Kata-Riina
Tiina
KristiinaAnd I was wondering about the double I. Is it pronounced differently? Is is used often?
And what do you think?"Find what you love, and let it kill you." Charles Bukowski

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Remora is Finnish, isn't she?I'm Swedish, but I know pretty well how to pronounce Finnish words.
The double I is common and it's pronounced like English "ee" (as in "free" or "see").
So the names are pronounced:Ka-ta-REE-na
TEE-na
Kris-TEE-naAll the Finnish vowels can be "double"; there are also names like Aamu, Eeva and Joonas.

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