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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

Not sure why you think this. Anne with an E is the classic, traditional spelling. And, yes, it certainly is more elegant with the E than Ann without the E. I always feel bad for people whose parents named the Ann without the E. It just looks like it’s missing something.

OP, read the Anne of Green Gables books to you daughter. She will love them and she will feel special for having the same name. [/quote]

Anne is not classic based on my family records. You have a English/Western European bias. [/quote]

Hit submit too soon … the e was pronounced in Middle English. If you want classic spelling, you would use Hannah, or the later Anna. So, yes, Anne was and in some places still is pronounced with a final vowel sound (e sounded a bit like a, do some research on the Great Vowel shift, for example).

-Ann[/quote]

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