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From: "wilhelmina griffin" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Mina ... pronunciation
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:37:15 +0100
References: <000101c465e1$56a4bba0$12934b40@maui.net>


As someone with a 'mina' in my name - Wilhelmina- I can assure you that I
and others I've come across, when this part of our names are used it is
pronounced 'Meena'
Regards,
Billie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Wessinger" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 6:10 PM
Subject: [Lon] Mina ... pronunciation


> Hello again,
> In my London ancestry and farther down the line there are women with the
given name of "Mina".
> I have always assumed the pronunciation to be with a short " i " as in
minnow or minute.
> Recently I spoke with someone who had an aunt Mina and she said the family
always used the long " i "I
> as in "might" making it "Myna". I was shocked! That is the name of our
bird "Mynah" :-)
> But I'm willing to be corrected and since the Minas in my family
are long gone I cannot ask them.
> Any others out there with this name in your families? How do
you say it?
> Barbara on Maui
>
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