Daughter’s name is Anne-people pronounce it Annie

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Anonymous wrote:I presume she is a child and they are calling her Annie as a diminutive and cute name now.

I’m a PP who is one of the multiple Annes who posted here saying that random strangers call us Annie. Nope, even as an adult I get this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't it happen to Joanne, Maryanne, Roxanne, Suzanne? Is it because of the movie Annie?

Let's see.

Joanne sometimes gets Jo or Jo-Jo.
Rozanne gets Roxie.
Suzanne gets Suzie.
Maryanne...my boss would've called her Marrrrrr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't it happen to Joanne, Maryanne, Roxanne, Suzanne? Is it because of the movie Annie?

Those names are already two syllables.

[Anonymous]

Ha! This thread hits close to home. My name is Annie and I dislike it when people call me “Anne”. I also remember having a professor in college ask if Annie was my real name. He was convinced it was a nickname. My neighbor of over twenty years still calls me “Anna” too, but I brush that one off.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you sure they're pronouncing the "e" and not just imposing a nickname on her?

This. Everyone knows the 'e' is silent. They're just giving her a cutie nickname. If either of you don't like it, then correct them.

A generation of kids were taught to read without phonics and without phonics rules. A lot of them probably don’t know that the “e” is silent. Take it up with Lucy Caulkins.

THIS! It drives me insane. I am a Jacqueline who often gets called Jackie for no reason; even after I introduce myself as Jacqueline. But the highlight of my day is whenever I am called "JA-quellen", just like in the skit. Most recently it happened at a Chick-Fil-A by a teenager calling for my order...in Bethesda. Perfection.

I got my eye on you, JA-quellen!

You want to go to war, because we can go to war.....Balakay

[Anonymous]

I am 48 and my name is Anne. They aren't nicknaming--many people (mostly younger or international) say Annie. It's annoying but whatever.

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Most Americans are functionally illiterate. Don’t take it personally.

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Obv those morons haven’t read or seen the many versions of Anne of Green Gables, even the recent series titled “Anne with an E.” It’s not you or your daughter, OP, it’s them. There are more famous Annes than Anns by the way.

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Anonymous wrote:The E in Anne is not silent, it’s more of a soft E. If you want no E you have to spell it Ann. They are not the same.

This is not true at all. Many Annes in my family and it is pronounced Ann but spelled with an e.

As in:

Anne Bolyen
Anne Frank
Princess Anne
Queen Anne
Anne Hathaway
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Klein

and many more

To be fair, Anne Frank's name was actually pronounced the European way "Ahn-neh"

[Anonymous]

People can't read what is in front of them. Lots of Sarahs get called Susan. Stephanies complain that they are called Jennifer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don’t people know that the name Anne is the same as Ann just with an e at the end? It’s not Annie

People (these) are stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The E in Anne is not silent, it’s more of a soft E. If you want no E you have to spell it Ann. They are not the same.

This is not true at all. Many Annes in my family and it is pronounced Ann but spelled with an e.

As in:

Anne Bolyen
Anne Frank
Princess Anne
Queen Anne
Anne Hathaway
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Klein

and many more

To be fair, Anne Frank's name was actually pronounced the European way "Ahn-neh"

Get a grip PP. Stop.

[Anonymous]

Are you sure they are mispronouncing it and not calling her “Annie” the was some people automatically call a Jennifer Jenny?

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I live in a majority black area, and an astonishing number do not know the name Liz. I spell it every time now, and even then, people misspell it. Mostly Lizz, sometimes Lens, Les, Lisa, Lis. I thought all cultures knew the name Elizabeth/Liz, but apparently not. Perhaps Anne is similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure they're pronouncing the "e" and not just imposing a nickname on her?

This. Everyone knows the 'e' is silent. They're just giving her a cutie nickname. If either of you don't like it, then correct them.

I have a coworker Anne. She pronounces it Annie.