What do you think of Anais?

[witcheseve]

Either prenounced without the S or with the S. It's for a friend wasn't keen when I first heard it, this morning, but it's really growing on me. I like it as An-aye-cee.

[CuppaTeaJanice]

Isn't it Meg Matthews & Noel Gallagher's daughter?

Bit too much like anus for my liking....

[witcheseve]

lol at anus, never thought of that. Not sure about the Gallager's to tired to google.

[SixtyFootGhoul]

isnt it prononoucned
Ann -eye - ees?

[AuraofDora]

it is their daughter name
i thought you said an-ay, french like
an-aye-cee sounds like the road repair place!

[scottishmummy]

cheap perfume
Noel Gallagher and his skanky wife

[VerityBrulee]

It is ann-eye-ees

[bibbitybobbitycat]

Only permissable if French.

[AnyGhoulKno]

pronounced Ana'is (Spanish pronunciation)
Anais Nin, famous writer (well known for her erotica)

[FrayedKnot]

I thought it was correctly pronounced An-aye-eece because there is an umlaut on the i?

In otehr words, not like the perfume ad.

I do like it pronounced An-aye-eece.

[scottishmummy]

i know who Anais Nin is
i still think cheap perfume

[suwoo]

I know one pronounced Ann-ay. She is a shocker, her mum had to have parenting classes to help deal with her. I find that rather off putting.

[witcheseve]

I thought it was very pretty but cannot get over the anus thing now. Anyway it's not my baby but the nan to be is sat with me now and she's going off it too.

[AnyGhoulKno]

It's not cheap - unless you buy it from the market

[scottishmummy]

smells like cheap bog cleaner
should be cheap - smells like ole biddies

[Firawla]

only like it prn ann eye ees

[Vivia]

It is definitely pronounced An-eye-ees.

The 'annay annay' of the perfume name is a bastardized pronunciation.

The 's' is not optional because the 'i' has a diacritic - making the 'ees' ending rather stressed.

If you use it, please don't forget to register it as Anaïs rather than Anais. The pronunciation is all in the spelling.

[Flowerface]

I know one, about a year old, and she is the most beautiful child ever, but I always try to avoid saying her name as I always feel I'm pronouncing it wrong...