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Help[Opinions] Re: Mirren & Dinah
in reply to a message by Canielle
I've always liked Mirren, but never enough to use it myself. I'd prefer Marianne, then Mirren and only then the Marion/Marian versions.
I don't enjoy die-NAH one bit; it just doesn't convince me. DIE-nah, otoh, I love. It's a family name from way back in the 19th century, and goodness knows how that distant ancestor pronounced it. I once had two cats, rescue kittens named Alice the Alley Cat and Katie the Kitty. Then we collected another rescue kitten and, stuck for a name, I called her Dinah after the cat in Lewis Carroll, and because of Alice.
I don't enjoy die-NAH one bit; it just doesn't convince me. DIE-nah, otoh, I love. It's a family name from way back in the 19th century, and goodness knows how that distant ancestor pronounced it. I once had two cats, rescue kittens named Alice the Alley Cat and Katie the Kitty. Then we collected another rescue kitten and, stuck for a name, I called her Dinah after the cat in Lewis Carroll, and because of Alice.
