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Help[Opinions] Re: Bernice
in reply to a message by Manipura
Veronica is a longtime like of mine. I don't think she has ever been my absolute favorite, but she has always stuck around. She's powerful.
The French pronunciation of Berenice, BEHR-en-ees, appeals to me - but not the listed English pronunciations. I don't like Berenike or Pherenike at all. (Nike is an athletic brand to me, and it's mainly what I hear.)
Bernice is cool, like French Cool - in the same Lost Generation vein as Maxine or Larue (which literally means "the street," it makes me laugh how trendy that name once was). In fact, I totally buy Bernie & Max as flapper sisters!
However, there actually was a Bernice I went to high school with, she was a year younger (or two, don't really remember). Anyway, she actually was something of a Mean Girl, so the people on her bad side referred to her as "Bernie the B*tch" behind her back. So whenever I hear Bernice, I think of Bernie on a girl, and then... that phrase. So it's unusable for me - as is Berenice.
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The French pronunciation of Berenice, BEHR-en-ees, appeals to me - but not the listed English pronunciations. I don't like Berenike or Pherenike at all. (Nike is an athletic brand to me, and it's mainly what I hear.)
Bernice is cool, like French Cool - in the same Lost Generation vein as Maxine or Larue (which literally means "the street," it makes me laugh how trendy that name once was). In fact, I totally buy Bernie & Max as flapper sisters!
However, there actually was a Bernice I went to high school with, she was a year younger (or two, don't really remember). Anyway, she actually was something of a Mean Girl, so the people on her bad side referred to her as "Bernie the B*tch" behind her back. So whenever I hear Bernice, I think of Bernie on a girl, and then... that phrase. So it's unusable for me - as is Berenice.
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www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/
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