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Help[Opinions] Re: Lanette and Lynette
in reply to a message by gigibee
I say them slightly differently... luh-net vs. lin-net.
I don't like the spelling of Lanette particularly, either. It looks sorta empty, with no root to it. It looks like a word. I think of layette and laminate. But it's not awful. Just seems sort of dated style, with the unstressed La like Laverne. It doesn't really make me think of La-names like Latoya, though... it's too much like Lynette.
Lynette is alright, but also seems dated to me - to the fifties / sixties. It doesn't sit quite right with me because the single N makes me inclined to prn it Lie- nette.
- mirfak
I don't like the spelling of Lanette particularly, either. It looks sorta empty, with no root to it. It looks like a word. I think of layette and laminate. But it's not awful. Just seems sort of dated style, with the unstressed La like Laverne. It doesn't really make me think of La-names like Latoya, though... it's too much like Lynette.
Lynette is alright, but also seems dated to me - to the fifties / sixties. It doesn't sit quite right with me because the single N makes me inclined to prn it Lie- nette.
- mirfak
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