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05.22.08, 18:46 PM General Topics
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name post - help me choose a new name. my current one is yelena. yes, i am russian - but have lived here long enough to know that the name is impossible to pronounce. so help me americanize it. thanks much. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:46 PM Flag
 

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how about elena? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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or Helena [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:49 PM Flag
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elena or helena are nice [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:50 PM Flag
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Helen? Anna? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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Olga? Sonia? Something Russian yet easy to pronounce? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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i would like it to be as close my name as possible. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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then helena or elena are your choices. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:52 PM Flag
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its not impossible to pronounce. i like yelena [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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thanks, but try living with a name like that. :) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:49 PM Flag
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Do you pronounce it Yeh-LAY-nuh? Or Yell-en-uh? I don't find either particularly odd. If you insist on Anglicizing, Helaine would be close to the first, and Ellen would be loser to the latter [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:51 PM Flag
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Yeh-LAY-nuh. I was thinking of Helaine, but I know someone with that name, someone I didn't particularly get a long with. So I am leaning toward Elaina.... oh, this is tiring.... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:56 PM Flag
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why not just phoneticize your name? Yelaina would work. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:59 PM Flag
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It's spelled Elena, although it's pronounced like Elaina. I really don't think Yelena is so hard. Say, are you a colorist? My colorist's name is Yelena. She's fabulous! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 07:00 PM Flag
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ellen. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 06:54 PM Flag
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