Anonymous
Post 05/18/2014 08:24     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:They are pronounced the same


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.
Anonymous
Post 05/18/2014 08:18     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
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
Post 05/18/2014 07:49     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
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
Post 05/18/2014 07:43     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
I don't understand the difference either...
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2014 14:19     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Spell it Onna and you won't have a problem.


If the OP spells it "Onna", everybody on DCUM will sneer at the OP for the "creative" spelling.


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
Post 05/14/2014 14:17     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
You can do whatever you want OP! It's your world.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2014 14:16     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
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
Post 05/14/2014 14:05     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
I know an Anna whose family has Scandianavian origins and pronounces her name "ON-nuh." Pretty name.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2014 13:41     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:I would assume that Anna is Ann-a and that Ana is the Spanish spelling and is Ahna.


Yes, this is correct.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2014 13:37     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
My name is ahna. Sounds exactly how it is spelled. Ah.then na. Not Anna.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2014 18:57     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
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
Post 02/25/2014 18:16     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:I think you mean Anya. So, no.


This is on-yuh. A completely different name.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2014 18:02     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
I would assume that Anna is Ann-a and that Ana is the Spanish spelling and is Ahna.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2014 17:36     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
I think you mean Anya. So, no.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2014 17:35     Subject: Can we spell it Anna but use the Ana pronunciation?
Anonymous wrote:Spell it Onna and you won't have a problem.


If the OP spells it "Onna", everybody on DCUM will sneer at the OP for the "creative" spelling.