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Help[Opinions] Re: Frederika, Federica, Frederikke...
in reply to a message by MariaNikolaievnaRomanova
This is too weird.
In a thread below I almost responded to one of your comments. I was going to say that our responses to names are almost identical. I let it pass because it wasn't relevant and just coincidental.
Then I was thinking of starting a thread on my own today asking opinions on what the best way to spell "freh-DREE-ka" was. And here you are asking almost the same thing!
To answer your question, I really don't know which I prefer. I prefer the three syllable pronunciation to four, "fred-a-REE-ka." But both are beautiful. I'm not as enamored of the "fed" names, though. It trips up my tongue not putting the "r" in there.
Freda is a family name for me and I've always loved it. It wasn't hard to extend that love to the more formal name. If only I could settle on a spelling. :-)
P.S. If you scroll down to my thread yesterday, "Uppity Women of the Renaissance," Miranda left a comment today that you might find interesting. (She talks about James II's illegitimate son and practices of the nobility in hyphenating surnames.)
In a thread below I almost responded to one of your comments. I was going to say that our responses to names are almost identical. I let it pass because it wasn't relevant and just coincidental.
Then I was thinking of starting a thread on my own today asking opinions on what the best way to spell "freh-DREE-ka" was. And here you are asking almost the same thing!
To answer your question, I really don't know which I prefer. I prefer the three syllable pronunciation to four, "fred-a-REE-ka." But both are beautiful. I'm not as enamored of the "fed" names, though. It trips up my tongue not putting the "r" in there.
Freda is a family name for me and I've always loved it. It wasn't hard to extend that love to the more formal name. If only I could settle on a spelling. :-)
P.S. If you scroll down to my thread yesterday, "Uppity Women of the Renaissance," Miranda left a comment today that you might find interesting. (She talks about James II's illegitimate son and practices of the nobility in hyphenating surnames.)
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