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From: "Christine Charles" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Mina ... pronunciation
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 07:03:23 +1000
References: <000101c465e1$56a4bba0$12934b40@maui.net> <001901c465ec$237d2db0$87356451@Griffin>


Yes Meena is the only pronounciation Ive ever heard as in Sheena. ceratinly
not like a Myna bird BUT then each to his own She may have been a trend
setter.
Christine in Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "wilhelmina griffin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Lon] Mina ... pronunciation


> 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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