We watched The Sound of Music this past week, and a surprising number of the names sounded good to me. Liesl is a name Paul and I briefly considered for Elizabeth, but we didn’t like the way it rhymed with diesel, and the spelling\/pronunciation issues were past our preference threshold. Still, I like the name. Louisa, another sister, has similar sounds but seems easier to use.<\/p>\n
Georg (GAY-org) and Friedrich (FREE-drick) work very well when translated to George and Frederick.<\/p>\n
Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl all appealed to me, though I’d spell Gretl as Gretel instead. I’m not sure I can get past the Hansel and Gretel association, but I did for the duration of the movie. One of the nuns is named Margaretta, which I also like.<\/p>\n
Max was Max before that name sounded good again. And the Baroness’s name is Elsa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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