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Danika

14 replies

Thants · 14/10/2013 07:38

Like or no?

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justaquickone · 14/10/2013 07:42

Lovely name , my sister is called it but is spelled Danica

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justaquickone · 14/10/2013 07:44

Ooops posted to soon !

It never gets pronounced wrong & is very difficult to come up with any nicknames iyswim

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usualsuspect · 14/10/2013 07:46

I like it.

I know a Danika.

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WhispersOfWickedness · 14/10/2013 07:52

It makes me think of the actress who played Winnie in The Wonder Years Smile I like it Smile

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UriGHOULer · 14/10/2013 08:00

Nn Dan? Dani? Nic? Nika? Nini?

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usualsuspect · 14/10/2013 08:03

The Danika I know is usually called Danni

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justaquickone · 14/10/2013 09:12

I meant horrid/nasty nicknames though we gave never shortened it Confused

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Rhubarbgarden · 14/10/2013 09:58

A relative called her baby this (spelt Danica) after a racing driver. Personally I think it's dreadful, but each to their own. She pronounces it 'Dan-i-ka' but I'm reliably informed by a Slovenian friend that it should be pronounced 'Danitsa'.

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meditrina · 14/10/2013 10:05

Danica would be Danitsa in its original Slav languages, so it would sound wrong to use that spelling with a /k/ sound.

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justaquickone · 14/10/2013 10:23

We pronounce it Daneeca iyswim

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squoosh · 14/10/2013 10:42

I think the actress who played Winnie in the Wonder Years too. Have never heard of it used anywhere else.

I don't particularly like it but apparently she's a math's genius some my first association is someone who's extremely bright.

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Thants · 14/10/2013 14:10

I would pronounce it Dan-i-ka not Daneeka.
Danitsa really I've never heard that!

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ohmymimi · 14/10/2013 21:51

My first thought was Danica Thrall, the Rinser, and my second was Danica McKellar (Winnie), but the rinser connection has ruined it for me. Pretty sure the 'c' spelling is pronounced as Danitsa.

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badtime · 14/10/2013 22:00

I used to know someone called Danica from eastern Europe who ended up having to call herself 'Dani' because at least people would pronounce that more or less right. (Daneetsa was the correct pronunciation)

It is like Caitlin in that the 'wrong' pronunciation is more common than the original, correct way of saying it; spelling it 'Danika' is the equivalent of 'Katelyn'.

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