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Alaia-Mai

51 replies

PollyJane · 20/05/2013 16:56

Rochelle from The Saturdays and Marvin from JLS new baby....wdyt?

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barleysugar · 20/05/2013 16:58

A Liar may..

Horrid!

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SirChenjin · 20/05/2013 17:00

I think I am not at all surprised.

A liar may occasionally surprise everyone and tell the truth.

A liar may say "what a lovely name"

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GetOrfMoiLand · 20/05/2013 17:01

Oh god it's a shite name. Bless them and everything but bloody norah.

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FingersCrossedLegsNot · 20/05/2013 17:01

One word...classy Hmm

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SantanaLopez · 20/05/2013 17:16

Oh dear.

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CityGal29 · 20/05/2013 17:17

Bleugh Shock

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farmersdaughter · 20/05/2013 17:43

Errr how do I say it?

{dim}Blush

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SirChenjin · 20/05/2013 18:01

I'm reading it as A-Liah May?

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LittleMissMedium · 20/05/2013 18:07

It's not great. I don't love all these names that replace the 'y' with an 'i'. Or two names as a first name. Alaia May Humes is better than Alaia-Mai Humes, but I am not them and they are not me, so...

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LittleMissMedium · 20/05/2013 18:10

I think it's pronounced 'a-lay-ah'?

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farmersdaughter · 20/05/2013 18:14

Mmm not my cup of tea at all. But it could be a lot worse lets face it.

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ChocsAwayInMyGob · 20/05/2013 18:18

Sounds childish and made up, like the name a 6 year would dream up.

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ThenWeTakeBerlin · 20/05/2013 18:18

I like Alaia on its own, but names ending in -Mai have been done to death and will date horribly.

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EarnestDullard · 20/05/2013 18:21

I think it's a pretty name but I'm not keen on the spelling.

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EarnestDullard · 20/05/2013 18:22

Or the hyphenation, actually.

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MadameJosephine · 20/05/2013 19:00

Alaia is pretty on its own but they've spoilt it by tagging mai on the end. I've never really understood spelling may as mai, to me it looks like it should be pronounced 'my' as in mai-tai?

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daisydoodoo · 20/05/2013 19:02

Is it not ah lee uh ? Thats how I assumed it was pronounced.

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PollyJane · 20/05/2013 19:21

This is going to sound mean but to me it reminds me of when you are about 11 and you name your future children.... (mine were Chanteen-Mae and Dervlin-Jai)

...and then forget the growing up bit inbetween

(apologies to any parents of Chanteen and Dervlin)

:)

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PollyPlummer · 20/05/2013 19:22

Is it pronounce a lee ah ? I have heard that before.

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PollyPlummer · 20/05/2013 19:22

Ah I see x post with daisy

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Jidget · 20/05/2013 19:27

Grin PollyJane

I read it as Ah-lie-ah My which doesn't sound good at all.

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Pouncer1 · 20/05/2013 19:40

Mai is welsh for May!

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MadameJosephine · 20/05/2013 19:45

Is it pouncer i didn't know that, is it pronounced as may? I'm sure there's lots of other welsh words that I can't pronounce too!

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horseonabeach · 20/05/2013 19:46

Bloody awful!

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