fairy tale

and bedtime story

n. a simplistic and condescending explanation for something; a lie. I don’t want to hear a fairy tale, just the facts, ma’am. I’ve already heard your little bedtime story. You’ll have to do better than that!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Angelina	ahn-je-LEE-nah (Italian), an-jə-LEEN-ə (English), ahn-GYE-lee-nah (Russian), ahn-gye-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-gee-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-ge-LEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Russian, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Macedonian
Penelope	[pi'neləpi]
MarkÉTa	-	Czech, Slovak
Lapo	-	Italian
Jefferson	JEF-ər-sən	English
Balthasar	[bɔ:l'θəzɑ:]