2 n's would be spelled Danna and I would pronounce it like dan-a, like short for Daniel with an A at the end. That wouldn't be Dahn-a to me, but whatever.
--- In [email protected], "dvm8375" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My name is spelled Dana, but is pronounced Dah-na. My mother's > strongest argument for misspelling my name is that she didn't want > people to call me Daw-na, which is how she hears Donna. Of course, > she could have at least given me the second "n." > > Have you ever heard someone from Baltimore say Maryland? That's how > marry is pronounced. Kind of like the "a" in apple. > > > --- In [email protected], "Max H." <MaxH42@> > wrote: > > > > Probably not. What I finally realized is that it's not the words, > it's the > > vowel sounds in general. So comparisons are pretty useless. Even > the > > phonetic spellings aren't much help, because this morning I > pronounced those > > words very clearly to a native Virginnyun, and she said the same > word three > > times to me, and claimed she said the same thing I said. We also > had fun > > with "Don" and "Dawn", and "Erin" and "Aaron". They could hear that > > different sounds were coming out of my mouth, but they were UNABLE > to > > pronounce them as I did. > > > > That's OK, I'm perfectly aware that there are some very distinct > > pronunciations in Chinese, for example, that any 2-year native > speaker can > > distinguish and I will not hear. But it's definitenly funnier when > you're > > (supposedly) speaking the same language. > > > > -Max > > > > On 10/4/06, Julie <parkcitycondo@> wrote: > > > > > > Max marries a merry Mexican maiden, Mary. > > > > > > Max=marries > > > mexican=merry > > > maiden=Mary > > > > > > Does that help? > > > > > > > > > On 10/4/06, Stephanie Smilay <ssmilay@> wrote: > > > > On 10/4/06, Max H. <MaxH42@> wrote: > > > > > Mayuh-ree, meh-ree, maah-ree. > > > > > > > > > > The first one rhymes with hairy (which should tell you that > mayuh is > > > one > > > > > syllable, but that's the hardest sound to describe), the > second with > > > ferry, > > > > > the third with Harry. > > > > > > > > Max, Max, Max. The problem with us philistines is that for > us, hairy, > > > > ferry, and Harry all rhyme. (Okay, techincally, "hairy" > and "Harry" > > > > are the same sound, but you know what I mean.) > > > > > > > > Stephanie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --Max H., moderator Freecycle Olney, MD, Freecycle Rockville > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
