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Help[Opinions] Re: Jacqueline
in reply to a message by paul
It's a nice name. Strangely, there was a girl who lived near me growing up who was a friend of one of my cousins. Her name was Jacqueline, and she and her family, and therefore everybody else who knew her, pronounced her name Jack-wuh-Lyn, pronouncing the q. I have rarely heard it pronounced this way anywhere else, and the usual Jack-uh-lyn pronunciation seems weird to me.
Logically, Jacqui or Jacquie makes sense, but it just looks very off to me. Jackie is better.
You could also probably use Jacy/Jaci/Jacie if you wanted to change things up a bit.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Logically, Jacqui or Jacquie makes sense, but it just looks very off to me. Jackie is better.
You could also probably use Jacy/Jaci/Jacie if you wanted to change things up a bit.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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About the "Jack-wuh-Lyn" pronunciation... my grandma almost named my aunt Jacqueline, and she would've pronounced it that way. I have no idea why she'd want to pronounce it that way, since I don't think it's attractive at all, but there you go.
She also considered Aprile for my aunt. No, that's not a typo - she wanted to stick an E at the end of April. An English word. I guess my grandma was super trendy for 1968.
Eventually my aunt was named Cheryl, and I can't imagine her being called anything else.
EDIT--Turns out Aprile is the Italian form of April (we're of Italian descent), except in Italian it's pronounced ah-PREEL-(uh). But she would've still said it like April.
She also considered Aprile for my aunt. No, that's not a typo - she wanted to stick an E at the end of April. An English word. I guess my grandma was super trendy for 1968.
Eventually my aunt was named Cheryl, and I can't imagine her being called anything else.
EDIT--Turns out Aprile is the Italian form of April (we're of Italian descent), except in Italian it's pronounced ah-PREEL-(uh). But she would've still said it like April.
This message was edited 4/15/2017, 10:34 AM
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