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Help[Opinions] Re: Coralla
in reply to a message by Fiammetta
Coralla and not Coralia? Neat.
I find myself automatically reading it as co-RAL-a, like the word "corral" (with A as in gal) - I guess because of second syllable stress reminding me of that word. That is ruining it for me.
If I say it co-RAH-la (ah as in fall), it's much more appealing. Not crazy about it, but it's nice. I appreciate it.
I think it's far better than contrived and annoying Coraline.
I would say it's about as good as Coralie (which is a little bit too precious for me). It's much "bigger" and "stronger" than Coralie and I like that.
The only problem for me is that it looks like "corolla."
Like Toyota Corolla. How shallow, I know. But it's what my brain sees, esp. if I consider it as a name for a baby here and now.
- mirfak
I find myself automatically reading it as co-RAL-a, like the word "corral" (with A as in gal) - I guess because of second syllable stress reminding me of that word. That is ruining it for me.
If I say it co-RAH-la (ah as in fall), it's much more appealing. Not crazy about it, but it's nice. I appreciate it.
I think it's far better than contrived and annoying Coraline.
I would say it's about as good as Coralie (which is a little bit too precious for me). It's much "bigger" and "stronger" than Coralie and I like that.
The only problem for me is that it looks like "corolla."
Like Toyota Corolla. How shallow, I know. But it's what my brain sees, esp. if I consider it as a name for a baby here and now.
- mirfak
This message was edited 7/8/2023, 10:49 AM
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I guess it’s a feminization of “corallo” which is a masculine word, kind of like Topazia rather than Topaz or Topazio.
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