I prefer just about any other
Helen variant -
Helen itself is my favourite, and though I don't enjoy
Ellen, I do prefer it to
Elaine. Which is unfair, really: I knew a plump, dull and boring
Elaine once (a good friend of my cousin's) but since then the only two
Elaine people I've known have been delightful, beautiful and very bright. So I really don't know what my problem is.