Name pronouncation

[Ryan²]

I have come across this name:

Jana

Is it pronounced "Jar-ner" or "J-ner" ?

If anyone knows, please do post here.

[Lilith]

Ja na short Aa sounds on both like as in banana

[jseal]

Ryan²,

I think Lilith's suggestion is correct.

[BIBI]

and if the name derives from dutch extraction it could be pronounced as "Yah na" like the composer Yanni

[jennaflower]

Lilith's suggestion would certainly be the "american english" pronounciation... but heck.. who knows with so many other versions of english and so many dialects.

[dicksbro]

I always liked to use the universal pronounciation ...




























"HEY, YOU!"

:D :D

[naughtyangel]

LOL @ DB...always works!

I would pronounce it the way Lilith described, personally

[Lilith]

I have a friend with that name.

[Sharni]

Here it would be pronounced as "Yah-na"

[BIBI]

Originally posted by Lilith
I have a friend with that name.

LOL...so do I :)

[Vigil]

and how do you pronounce it?

[lakritze]

Jana Jana bo-Bana Bo-fanna fana fo-fana...Fi Fie foe fanna....JANA

[Ryan²]

Yeah, I agree guys, I've been pronouncing it as "Jarner" since I knew this name, and I think that is correct, as well as damn cute!

[Ryan²]

BTW guys, if you want some links to this Czech hottie, I'm only just a PM away!

[LixyChick]

OMG! I gotta ask this.....I can't control myself!

Ryan? There is no "r" in the way you spelled the name.....so why would you put 2 r's in the pronunciation?

<-----is the ever curious one....and hey....I gotta be me....so sue me! :jester:

[Belial]

Lixy, some Brits and most Aussies (and I believe some Bostonians too) pronounce words ending in "ner" as if they ended in "nah": eg: "Garner" sounds like "Gahnah". Americans enunciate the "r". That could be what Ryan is alluding to.

[Ryan²]

Top marks, Belial.

I've already had one PM requesting the links to Jana's sites. They asked me to place a link here so you guys can just click on it.

I don't want to risk getting banned from here, so I'm not gonna. Sorry, you'll just have to PM me along with your email addy, I'll be more than happy to forward the links to you.

[WildIrish]

When people ask a bostonian where the r in corn (kahn) went, their trademark response is "at the end of Toyota (Tie-yoter)".

Kinda like who put the g in ricotta!