Hanna/Hannah Hastle
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Anonymous
| We want to name DD Hanna (sounding like Princess Anna not little orphan Annie). It’s a family name and we really like it but can totally anticipate constant mispronunciations. How often do you think people would call her Hannah? Is it constant enough of a hassle that it’s not worth it? |
Anonymous
| Hana. |
Anonymous
| People will call her Hannah 100% of the time |
Anonymous
| They will mispronounce it all the time. But so what. |
Anonymous
True facts. |
Anonymous
| I didn't even realize Hanna without the h is pronounced Hawh-nah. Which I am just assuming is what you mean. I agree, 100% of the time mispronunciation. |
Anonymous
| Even reading this post it took me a long time to understand it wasn’t Hannah. |
Anonymous
I don't get the problem. Hanna and Hannah are the same. How would they call her Annie? Personally, I would add the H. Without it looks incomplete. |
Anonymous
| Jews will get it right (especially older ones). Japanese people too, if you spell it Hana. No one else. |
Anonymous
| It’s like Mary/Merry/marry - in some regions, people use the same sound and pronounce them all the same way. No chance you can get everyone to differentiate the sounds, much less use a specific one. |
Anonymous
| *HASSLE* |
Anonymous
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The term you're looking for is "aristocratic A".
Even your post is confusing. |
Anonymous
| Everyone will call her Hannah |
Anonymous
| Like Honali in Puff the Magic Dragon? |
Anonymous
+1 Very much this. She will be called Hannah pretty much exclusively, OP. But I think that some of the people who give their kids names with invented or completely non-intuitive names like correcting and giving a little spiel about how they decided on the name. So if you like correcting people and soapboxing, go for it. |