Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
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Anonymous
If the OP spells it "Onna", everybody on DCUM will sneer at the OP for the "creative" spelling. |
Anonymous
| I think you mean Anya. So, no. |
Anonymous
| I would assume that Anna is Ann-a and that Ana is the Spanish spelling and is Ahna. |
Anonymous
This is on-yuh. A completely different name. |
Anonymous
| I think most people pronounce Anna and Ana differently OP, so I get where you are coming from. And almost everyone - except those from another culture - will pronounce Anna "Anne-uh." So if always correcting people will bother you, than I wouldn't do it. If it's not that bothersome, go for it. |
Anonymous
| My name is ahna. Sounds exactly how it is spelled. Ah.then na. Not Anna. |
Anonymous
Yes, this is correct. |
Anonymous
| I know an Anna whose family has Scandianavian origins and pronounces her name "ON-nuh." Pretty name. |
Anonymous
| I'm Russian and my name is Anna. Sometimes people ask which pronunciation I prefer. I still haven't figured out why I'm supposed to care one way or another. |
Anonymous
| You can do whatever you want OP! It's your world. |
Anonymous
Hardly creative: We stayed in the Hotel van Onna in the Netherlands. Onna Ehrlich is a handbag designer. Onna White was a Canadian choreographer and dancer nominated for eight Tony Awards. |
Anonymous
| I don't understand the difference either... |
Anonymous
| People are going to say it the way they know the name and their regional variant of the "a" sounds. I would say it in the way where the a rhymes with the a in "flat". |
Anonymous
| I think of the pronunciation in Frozen. Many of us have to tell people how to pronounce our names. In this case it's an easy correction and not a big deal; go with what you like, OP. Personally, I like the two-n spelling best as well. |
Anonymous
Nope, they are not. Ann-uh = Anna and Ah-nuh is Ana. I grew up with an Ana and you didn't ever call her Ann-uh. |