Anonymous
01/31/2020 16:23
Subject: Bronwyn - girl’s name
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Love it. Just use it if you love it - everyone has name association so it doesn't matter. It's an interesting, very British, different name.
I live in the UK and have never met a person with this name. To me it sounds very American in a trying-too-hard kind of way. Hate it.
Welp do ya live in Wales?? No?? That might explain it.
No, I live in Southern England, actually. And I agree with the previous PP who attempted to explain that there is a vast cultural difference between England and Wales. That person is correct. Do you people not realise that Welsh schools have mandatory Welsh language instruction? There are some schools in Wales that use the Welsh language as the primary language of instruction as well.
I asked my Welsh colleague about this. This name was really popular in the 60s in Wales, like Brenda or Linda. And it isn't usually spelt with a 'y' in Wales: that DOES make it American try-too-hard. You could take out the 'y' and go for dinner lady chic rather than American try-too-hard, I suppose.
It's not spelled with a "y" in Welsh because "-wyn" is a (grammatically) masculine suffix in Welsh. It would be spelled "-wen" instead.
It is spelled with a "wyn" in America and Australia, though -- not just an American thing.
Anonymous
01/31/2020 15:41
Subject: Bronwyn - girl’s name
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Love it. Just use it if you love it - everyone has name association so it doesn't matter. It's an interesting, very British, different name.
I live in the UK and have never met a person with this name. To me it sounds very American in a trying-too-hard kind of way. Hate it.
Welp do ya live in Wales?? No?? That might explain it.
No, I live in Southern England, actually. And I agree with the previous PP who attempted to explain that there is a vast cultural difference between England and Wales. That person is correct. Do you people not realise that Welsh schools have mandatory Welsh language instruction? There are some schools in Wales that use the Welsh language as the primary language of instruction as well.
I asked my Welsh colleague about this. This name was really popular in the 60s in Wales, like Brenda or Linda. And it isn't usually spelt with a 'y' in Wales: that DOES make it American try-too-hard. You could take out the 'y' and go for dinner lady chic rather than American try-too-hard, I suppose.
Anonymous
01/31/2020 15:22
Subject: Bronwyn - girl’s name
Why do people ask for opinions of names here? Someone will always hate a name, even if it's perfectly fine. Bronwyn is perfectly fine.
The best advice my mother gave me was not to tell anyone the name you've chosen until after the birth. Then there's not much others can do but grimace and say "that's lovely".
The best advice my mother gave me was not to tell anyone the name you've chosen until after the birth. Then there's not much others can do but grimace and say "that's lovely".