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Thoughts on Marlena . . .?

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Honeybee79 · 27/08/2016 17:24

And Marla or Marly for short?

Thanks!

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QueenLizIII · 27/08/2016 17:25

I like it if you are pronouncing it Mar-lay-na

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Soubriquet · 27/08/2016 17:25

I like it

How would you pronounce it though?

I said Mar-lay-na but I know some people will say Mar-leen-na

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Loyly · 27/08/2016 17:26

I like it as Mar-lay-na. 'Marly' is awful. Marla is really lovely.

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Honeybee79 · 27/08/2016 17:29

Mar-lay-na, yes.

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KingJoffreyLikesJaffaCakes · 27/08/2016 17:29

I have a friend called Marlene - Portugese so pronounced 'Marlena'.

She's beautiful and very intelligent.

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QueenLizIII · 27/08/2016 17:30

Very pretty pronounced that way

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dotdotdotmustdash · 27/08/2016 17:32

It's a cool song...

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Honeybee79 · 27/08/2016 17:40

The song link hadn't dawned on me! Do like Suzanne Vega tho Smile

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BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington · 27/08/2016 17:40

I really like it.

I'm a Marlena Shaw fan.

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everdene · 27/08/2016 17:46

I thought of the Suzanne Vega song but love it! Marla is very lovely too.

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Honeybee79 · 27/08/2016 17:50

I'm liking the positive associations!

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SteviebunsBottrittrundle · 27/08/2016 20:19

Not keen. I can't help but think of Marlene from Only Fools & Horses (which has to be one of my absolute least favourite programs).

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BreconBeBuggered · 27/08/2016 22:24

I like it.

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SilveryFoxy · 27/08/2016 22:45

Marlena makes me think of only fools and horses. Love Marla though

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blueskyinmarch · 27/08/2016 22:47

I think it is a terrible name Sounds like a 70’s country singer, sorry.

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BackforGood · 27/08/2016 22:50

I have to agree with Steviebuns apart from the bit about not liking the programme. Not at all keen myself.

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squoosh · 27/08/2016 22:53

Love it.

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Maggie2828 · 27/08/2016 23:05

Like marla, but not Marlena.

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ThePinkCat · 27/08/2016 23:22

Very 80s. Outdated. Only Fools and Horses.

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squoosh · 27/08/2016 23:24

Only Fools and Horses character was pronounced Marleen. Or Mah-leeeeeeeeeeeeeen.

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RainbowDashstolemyidentity · 27/08/2016 23:28

I thought the Marlena on the wall - Susan vega song was about a domestic abuse victim?
Not the happiest song!
My DD is called Mara, I love it & it suits her!

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PotatoBread · 27/08/2016 23:37

Marla much better IMO. Like others have stated Marlena makes me think of Marlene in Only Fools and Horses. I would pronounce it Mar-lean-a

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squoosh · 27/08/2016 23:38

Marla is nice but has an unfortunate Donald Trump link.

Marla Maples.

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squoosh · 27/08/2016 23:39

She was one of the lucky ladies he married.

Thoughts on Marlena . . .?
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IPityThePontipines · 27/08/2016 23:41

Marlene on the Wall is about Marlene Dietrich franklycurious.com/wp/2011/12/15/the-meaning-of-marlene-on-the-wall/

Rainbow - I think you are thinking of Luca, which is about child abuse.

Back the OP, I like the name.

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