Saphie vs Sophie - What's the difference?
saphie | sophie |
A West African talisman or charm.
*1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 12:
*:These saphies were the repositories of fetishes, charms against calamity: a pickled ring finger was considered proof against the bite of the puff adder […]. .
* 1832 , English Songs , 1851, LXXXV ("To Sophie"):
* 1991 , Talking It Over , ISBN 0-224-03157-0 page 241, 252:
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* 1995 , Marilyn Seguin, The Bell Keeper: The story of Sophia and the Massacre of the Indians at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, in 1782 ,
As nouns the difference between saphie and sophie
is that saphie is a west african talisman or charm while sophie is .saphie
English
Noun
(en noun)sophie
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Wilt thou be a nun, Sophie ? / Nothing but a nun? / Is it not a better thing / With thy friends to laugh and sing?
- No, like a small child, my daughter, Sophie Anne Louise. We gave her three names, all of which exist in English as well as in French, so she can change her name just by changing her accent. - - -
- Sophie' Anne Louise. It is a bit pretentious, do you not find? Maybe it is better in English. ' Sophie Anne Louise. No, it still sounds like one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren.
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- Sophia landed on her behind on the soft moss that lined the river bank. "Besides, you don't win yet, Sophie ," he said. "I have one more stone still."