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I think MYNE could work but not MYN.
English spelling has some general rules and patterns but there are so maaaany exceptions that it is hard to teach spelling at school. Besides, there are accents and spelling reforms that undermine any efforts to teach spelling.
Why MYNE?
Well, silent e at the end means that y would most likely be pronounced [ai], otherwise y looks like short [i]. Myn = [min]
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Ah but if you say my it sounds mahy (sorry terrible at phonetic spelling but can't get the other ones to work) so by putting the n on the end you don't get min you get mahyn (like when you say mine)...the y sound is like in try, ply and fly not like in dystopia, dysentery...
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Ah but if you say my it sounds mahy (sorry terrible at phonetic spelling but can't get the other ones to work) so by putting the n on the end you don't get min you get mahyn (like when you say mine)...the y sound is like in try, ply and fly not like in dystopia, dysentery... Except tacking a consonant on the end changes everything. See, e.g., I and in or bi- and bin.
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You could not have said it better.
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You've got me there...until I can think of an example anyway...
AHA ty and tyke, dye and dyke :p
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You've got me there...until I can think of an example anyway...
AHA ty and tyke, dye and dyke :p Ah, but these attempts at counter-examples have a final silent E, which in general makes the preceding vowel long.
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errrr...I was hoping you wouldn't notice that...my brilliant plan failed it seems  as elifit said earlier MYNE could work, but it looks funny...how about...MY-N? how about Arwyn or Ailyn? they have ai sounds...
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errrr...I was hoping you wouldn't notice that...my brilliant plan failed it seems as elifit said earlier MYNE could work, but it looks funny...how about...MY-N? how about Arwyn or Ailyn? they have ai sounds... Sure, you're going to get exceptions and oddly spelled names will be a rich source of those exceptions
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as elifit said earlier MYNE could work, but it looks funny...how about...MY-N?
hehe  any effort to change the spelling looks funny
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