Goomba wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
>
>>> No kidding? Out here N(eye)na is considered unusual.
>>
>> i don't think i've ever heard 'n(eye)na' either. (maryland)
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> I've known many who pronounced it "Neena" but only one who pronounced it
> "N(eye)na"

I only knew Neenas until we began to travel in America. Most of the
N(eye)nas were in the mid-west.

My daughter spelled my granddaughter's name "Deena" because she didn't
want anyone to mispronounce it D(eye)na. Dina gets the same treatment as
Nina. <g>

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
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