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RoseApp · 2024-09-18T17:38:41+00:00

My friend assumed people would pronounce her child’s name Zana like Zah-nah as in Suzanna but several people have pronounced it as Zar-na

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CellophaneFlower · 18/09/2024 20:12

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:06

You're proving my point - why are you adding an r sound to any of those either?
Bath not Barth
Grass nor Grarss
Castle not Carstle.

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I think you're a bit confused. Nobody thinks it needs an r. They are adding the r to explain the way it sounds when they pronounce it.

Undisclosedlocation · 18/09/2024 20:12

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:10

Zara has an r in it, Zana doesnt.

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Fine, you win. I shall text my friend of over 50 years and tell her she’s got her own name wrong then 😂

ShillyShallySherbet · 18/09/2024 20:12

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:06

You're proving my point - why are you adding an r sound to any of those either?
Bath not Barth
Grass nor Grarss
Castle not Carstle.

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I pronounce the words bath, grass and castle as if there is an ‘r’ in it, even though I know there isn’t. I know others don’t but it doesn’t make me wrong and them right, it’s just different dialects.

Similarly I would pronounce Zana as if there were an ‘r’ in it even though there isn’t. I’m intrigued how people are pronouncing zah-na because to my ear that would sound like ‘Zarna’ too.

Jasperj · 18/09/2024 20:12

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:10

Zara has an r in it, Zana doesnt.

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Surely people were just trying to emphasise the extended ahh sound. Does it really matter if everyone isn’t an expert in how to clearly convey something phonetically?

BarbaraVineFan · 18/09/2024 20:11

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GOOGLE RHOTIC VS NON-RHOTIC ACCENTS!!!!!!!!

Ahem. Sorry for shouting, but this happens EVERY time.

StudioCreate · 18/09/2024 20:11

But zah-nah is the same as Zarna to us southerners... @GoldenNuggets08

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:10

napody · 18/09/2024 20:09

Agreed zanna if you want a short a sound.
I'd guess Zarna if I saw it, because it looks like the name Zara.

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Zara has an r in it, Zana doesnt.

napody · 18/09/2024 20:09

SkaneTos · 18/09/2024 18:46

I would pronouce it "Zah-na"

Not like "zanna" in Suzanna, that has 2 ns, Zana has 1.

Agreed zanna if you want a short a sound.
I'd guess Zarna if I saw it, because it looks like the name Zara.

CellophaneFlower · 18/09/2024 20:09

I would think Zah-na, like Lana. I'm not understanding the Zayna? Can't think of anything else that ends in ana that's pronounced that way.

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:08

Girarffe? 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 18/09/2024 20:07

I would have to ask.

GoldenNuggets08 · 18/09/2024 20:07

StudioCreate · 18/09/2024 20:04

But Bath isn't spelt Barth, Grass isn't Grarss, Castle isn't Carstle etc. @rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou there can easily be an r sound in a word without it actually being there - see also girarffe

Who in the name of God pronounces any of those words like that???? THERE IS NO R!

I'd pronounce it Zah-na

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:06

StudioCreate · 18/09/2024 20:04

But Bath isn't spelt Barth, Grass isn't Grarss, Castle isn't Carstle etc. @rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou there can easily be an r sound in a word without it actually being there - see also girarffe

You're proving my point - why are you adding an r sound to any of those either?
Bath not Barth
Grass nor Grarss
Castle not Carstle.

BrieHugger · 18/09/2024 20:04

Zana with a long A like Zara.

If she wants it to rhyme with Anna it would really need an extra N.

StudioCreate · 18/09/2024 20:04

But Bath isn't spelt Barth, Grass isn't Grarss, Castle isn't Carstle etc. @rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou there can easily be an r sound in a word without it actually being there - see also girarffe

Undisclosedlocation · 18/09/2024 20:03

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:00

But why would you expect an r sound to be there at all?

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Because as I said, I have a direct experience of a friend with that name who DID pronounce it like that!

Jelnotjel · 18/09/2024 20:02

Zah-na. Zan-na has two n's. Zay-na as in what now?

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Anyone inserting an r that isn't there is mistaken!

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:01

ShillyShallySherbet · 18/09/2024 19:59

Zarna. It would need to be be spelt Zanna for the pronunciation your friend wanted or Zannah, like Hannah

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It would need to be spelled Zarna to say Zarna!

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 20:00

Undisclosedlocation · 18/09/2024 19:57

Err, to show how I’d expect it to sound phonically. I’m not sure I understand your question?

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But why would you expect an r sound to be there at all?

ShillyShallySherbet · 18/09/2024 19:59

Zarna. It would need to be be spelt Zanna for the pronunciation your friend wanted or Zannah, like Hannah

sunnyday81 · 18/09/2024 19:59

Zay - na

Fuuf · 18/09/2024 19:58

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Undisclosedlocation · 18/09/2024 19:57

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 19:48

Why are you adding an r?

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Err, to show how I’d expect it to sound phonically. I’m not sure I understand your question?

mugglewump · 18/09/2024 19:57

My first guess would be Zah'na. I agree that to look like Susanna, it needs two ns.