What "Evie" Name Do You Like Best?

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Registered: 01-18-2006
What "Evie" Name Do You Like Best?
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Thu, 03-30-2006 - 3:39pm

What "Evie" Name Do You Like Best?



  • Evie
  • Evelyn
  • Genevieve
  • Other (Please specify)


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Registered: 12-08-2004
Thu, 03-30-2006 - 9:53pm

In Uncle Tom's Cabin, the sweet, little girl that dies (I think) is named Evangeline (nn Eva). That's not quite as bad as it sounds, because the character really is a sweet child. Every literature professor I've ever had (and that's been a lot, because I was an English major) pronounced it i-van-jeh-line (long I at the end, as in the word "line", rather than the short I at the beginning, as in "lint"). I prefer this pronunciation, but that's probably just because I like long vowels...Caroline, Rosaline, Cathleen, etc.

I still like Genevieve, but I also really like Eva.

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Registered: 03-17-2006
Fri, 03-31-2006 - 8:17am
that's how I would pronounce it. I like Evangelina also.

Nikki


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Registered: 12-28-2005
Fri, 03-31-2006 - 10:14am
I love Genevieve, Eve, and Eva.

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