Originally posted by Shatara
Heya Marijke! (can never shorten yer name right, so I'm gonna give up tryin xD)

Nice to see ya here...I pretty much lurk here myself...but then I pretty much lurk just bout everywhere, so x)
It can be shortened to Marij or 'Rijke, actually..


Now, not to make any accusations here, I just want to make this clear because it has come up in the past: No, you cannot shorten it to "Mari" because the "ij" is a combination sound... shortening "Marijke" to "Mari" would be like shortening "Stephen" to "Step".

Marijke is a Dutch name, BTW, and is pronounced: Mar-EYE-kuh
(Or, if you speak German, it's pronounced like the German name 'Mareike'.)

Originally posted by Roquivo
Sure you can. We coull all just call her Rose. And for the mushy members, Rosie.
LOL! If you want to...


EDIT: This is completely unrelated to the above part of this post, but I wanted to mention that I've seen other names I recognise here! IrishKiara, Mamela (Bonnie), and I THINK I know Shatara, but am not positive. There are others too. ^.^