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RyanČ
02-22-2004, 11:26 AM
I have come across this name:

Jana

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

If anyone knows, please do post here.

Lilith
02-22-2004, 11:38 AM
Ja na short Aa sounds on both like as in banana

jseal
02-22-2004, 11:46 AM
RyanČ,

I think Lilith's suggestion is correct.

BIBI
02-22-2004, 11:55 AM
and if the name derives from dutch extraction it could be pronounced as "Yah na" like the composer Yanni

jennaflower
02-22-2004, 11:56 AM
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
02-22-2004, 12:02 PM
I always liked to use the universal pronounciation ...




























"HEY, YOU!"

:D :D

naughtyangel
02-22-2004, 12:50 PM
LOL @ DB...always works!

I would pronounce it the way Lilith described, personally

Lilith
02-22-2004, 01:01 PM
I have a friend with that name.

Sharni
02-22-2004, 01:07 PM
Here it would be pronounced as "Yah-na"

BIBI
02-22-2004, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by Lilith
I have a friend with that name.

LOL...so do I :)

Vigil
02-22-2004, 04:28 PM
and how do you pronounce it?

lakritze
02-22-2004, 05:19 PM
Jana Jana bo-Bana Bo-fanna fana fo-fana...Fi Fie foe fanna....JANA

RyanČ
02-23-2004, 04:58 PM
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!

RyanČ
02-23-2004, 05:02 PM
BTW guys, if you want some links to this Czech hottie, I'm only just a PM away!

LixyChick
02-23-2004, 08:51 PM
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
02-24-2004, 12:46 AM
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.

RyanČ
02-25-2004, 02:24 PM
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
02-25-2004, 02:53 PM
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!