[Opinions] Re: Oscar Wilde's favourite names
in reply to a message by ari.
So, it'd be you-CAH-ris no doubt, rather than YOU-cuh-ris. Better, but not good.
Florence: a multiple family name for me, and I like it, family or not
Cecil: definitely SES-əl! My father's name, but I vastly prefer Cecily for a woman
Cyril: give me Cecil any day. Though there's a Cyril newsreader on CNN sometimes who is quite good.
Vyvyan is over-ornate and the product of an immature mind. Sorry, Oscar! Vivian would have been much better: I know someone who gave her son Vivian as a mn.
Florence: a multiple family name for me, and I like it, family or not
Cecil: definitely SES-əl! My father's name, but I vastly prefer Cecily for a woman
Cyril: give me Cecil any day. Though there's a Cyril newsreader on CNN sometimes who is quite good.
Vyvyan is over-ornate and the product of an immature mind. Sorry, Oscar! Vivian would have been much better: I know someone who gave her son Vivian as a mn.