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Help[Opinions] Re: Madgalene
in reply to a message by Perrine
I like Madeline. It looks neater and tidier, and unFrench, which helps with the pronunciation!
Magdalene really doesn't work for me. I'd assume that the final -e was sounded, making it almost but not quite Magdalena, which is the default version where I live. And if it isn't sounded, then it would serve to lengthen the -e- so you'd end up with Magdaleen. And I heartily dislike -een names.
The version I prefer is Magdalen, which pretty much rhymes with Madeline! And, as you point out, it also solves the Mad problem.
Magdalene really doesn't work for me. I'd assume that the final -e was sounded, making it almost but not quite Magdalena, which is the default version where I live. And if it isn't sounded, then it would serve to lengthen the -e- so you'd end up with Magdaleen. And I heartily dislike -een names.
The version I prefer is Magdalen, which pretty much rhymes with Madeline! And, as you point out, it also solves the Mad problem.
This message was edited 6/18/2020, 12:26 AM
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