I believe that it's supposed to be pronounced Reh-NESS-may.
Perhaps Bella gave her daughter such a horrible name in revenge for her difficult birth. After all, having your spine broken during labor and then being bitten and ripped open probably doesn't leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy about your fanged offspring. "Let's name her Renee-Smee! Mwahahaha!"
That would make sense, but unfortunately she came up with the horrible name well before the Demon Spawn's birth.
And if you look at Mormon names, you'll see that Renesmee was a pretty conservative one. Meyer could have named the Chestburster:
You should totally read Das_Mervin's chapter-by-chapter funny, intelligent and detailed critiques of Meyer's work, in which Mervin explains WHY these books fail so hard. She's finished Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse and is now doing Bree Tanner. After that--on to Breaking Dawn.
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Date: 2012-06-14 12:17 am (UTC)Perhaps Bella gave her daughter such a horrible name in revenge for her difficult birth. After all, having your spine broken during labor and then being bitten and ripped open probably doesn't leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy about your fanged offspring. "Let's name her Renee-Smee! Mwahahaha!"
That would make sense, but unfortunately she came up with the horrible name well before the Demon Spawn's birth.
And if you look at Mormon names, you'll see that Renesmee was a pretty conservative one. Meyer could have named the Chestburster:
DuWhitVandeeOn
LaVeDrienne
NaLa'DeLuhRay
Phakelikaydenicia
Zaragrunudgeyon
Tugdick
Tosser
Saunsceneyouray
Qedrin
Merzaydee
Jarna Nazhalena
Hereditary
Superstar Five
Desdedididawn
Ara-Om
Chinchilla Zest
Leviathan
And yes. These are all real names given to real kids by real Mormons.
You should totally read Das_Mervin's chapter-by-chapter funny, intelligent and detailed critiques of Meyer's work, in which Mervin explains WHY these books fail so hard. She's finished Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse and is now doing Bree Tanner. After that--on to Breaking Dawn.
Here are the links:
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Ongoing)
The Twilight Illustrated Guide (Not yet done--will be picked up again after Breaking Dawn)
And you might also like the sporking done by Mervin's sister, Mrs. Hyde:
Midnight Sun
Go read. You'll be glad that you did.