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Help[Opinions] Re: Jillian vs Gillian
in reply to a message by number1212
I love the sonority for the name Jillian, but with a "G" I'd wonder if the "G" were to sound like the hard "g" as in Greg or a fish's Gill - than an alternate character for a "j" /Jh/ sound. Still, spell the name as you like it.
I'll admit that I am generally not skilled with assuming a (the) correct pronunciation for a name.
I'll admit that I am generally not skilled with assuming a (the) correct pronunciation for a name.
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That's funny.
I am somewhat indifferent to spelling--and tend to believe that language develops more through sound--and beyond this, by association than by written character. For all that, I like when short forms bear different spellings - &/or even different sounds.
That perhaps if a particular Gillian were pronounced with a hard G - she would also have the short name Jill - pronounced with the Jh - as in the old nursery rhyme. (I love the name Jill--even more than Gillian / Jillian).
That Thomas can be Tom
That Stephen is no less a Stevie or Steve than Steven is a Stevie or Steve - and that Stephanie too can bear any or more of these short names.
I am somewhat indifferent to spelling--and tend to believe that language develops more through sound--and beyond this, by association than by written character. For all that, I like when short forms bear different spellings - &/or even different sounds.
That perhaps if a particular Gillian were pronounced with a hard G - she would also have the short name Jill - pronounced with the Jh - as in the old nursery rhyme. (I love the name Jill--even more than Gillian / Jillian).
That Thomas can be Tom
That Stephen is no less a Stevie or Steve than Steven is a Stevie or Steve - and that Stephanie too can bear any or more of these short names.
This message was edited 8/15/2018, 4:35 PM
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