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ASA - how would pronounce this name?

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lostinmusic123 · 22/09/2024 21:27

Love this name for a boy.

Are we going to get lots of "Azza" and "Ass-a" pronouncing?

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MountUnpleasant · 23/09/2024 08:16

Beamur · 22/09/2024 21:30

Traditional Yorkshire name.
Ace-er
Or Ay-sah
I can't imagine anyone living in the north of England saying Ass-er

I'm from Yorkshire and would've said Ass-uh! Not keen on it...

timoteigirl · 23/09/2024 08:08

bluecomputerscreen · 23/09/2024 06:39

swedish?

then it's written with an Å (often list in translation and pronounced Oh-sah

Came to say exactly this. But surely Asa Butterfield is famous enough so when people hear / see this name, they would copy how his name is said?

Imamumgetmeoutofhere · 23/09/2024 07:58

Ay-Sah

Limelimb · 23/09/2024 07:36

Ay sa
Like Ava with an S

TimelyIntervention · 23/09/2024 07:35

Underlig · 22/09/2024 23:13

Ay-sa. It can’t be Ass-a, because that isn’t logical in English pronunciation rules.

Sorry I actually laughed out loud at this. English may have pronunciation rules, but they are thoroughly ignored and run roughshod over in virtually every sentence!

TimelyIntervention · 23/09/2024 07:32

I would assume Ass-a.

It’s a nice name, I wouldn’t let it put you off. Clearly plenty of people do know how it’s pronounced and hopefully most of the rest of us are decent enough to take on the pronunciation once corrected.

Can’t say I’ve heard of the famous people being listed here. Or at least I’ve not heard their name and seen it written and linked the two!

Firsttimebabymummy · 23/09/2024 07:25

Ay-sa

SileSeilide · 23/09/2024 07:23

Sandysoles · 23/09/2024 06:37

Never heard of it. Would assume Asser (as pp said like NASA).

I wouldn’t be sure though, it doesn’t look like a name to me somehow, somehow incomplete looking. There is a tree called an Acer, so you could use that for less confusion, as it is pronounced Ay-sa

Tha Acer spelling would cause more confusion!

Anyone with a rhotic accent would pronounce the r.
Ay-sa and Acer are definitely not the same in my rhotic accent.

WaitingForMojo · 23/09/2024 07:16

Ay-sa in England. Ass-a in Wales.

Like Caleb, which is Cay-leb in England, but with a as in apple in Wales.

Waferbiscuit · 23/09/2024 07:08

I know an Asa. Definitely ay-sah.

Sandysoles · 23/09/2024 06:41

Acer and Ay-sa are pronounced exactly the same in my southern ‘ rp’ accent. We don’t do a hard or rolling r (unlike Bristol or Americans).

bluecomputerscreen · 23/09/2024 06:39

swedish?

then it's written with an Å (often list in translation and pronounced Oh-sah

Sandysoles · 23/09/2024 06:37

Never heard of it. Would assume Asser (as pp said like NASA).

DoublePeonies · 23/09/2024 06:37

Ay-sa and Ace-a and Acer are all pronounced the same to me. So any of those!

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 23/09/2024 06:33

Au - sah

HedgePigWig · 23/09/2024 06:26

This thread has been an eye opener for me.

I'd have assumed it was the scandi version which is pronounced kind of Oh-sa but not quite - the A is like the first A in Anna from Frozen. Not really a sound we have in English so I can't quite describe it.

This explains my very Yorkshire ex-MIL trying to insist I called my first baby Acer. I thought she meant Acer but it's just dawned on me that she meant Asa if it's common in Yorkshire.

deliwoman1 · 23/09/2024 06:20

I’m confused by the Ay-sa pronunciation, and this name is on my list too! I read that as Eye-sa. It’s the Y that transforms it for me.

I say Asa as ‘A-sah,’ closer to Acer but without that R. In my mild West Country accent, Acer comes out Ace-er.

I genuinely feel that anyone who sees Ass-a doesn’t have a great command of how English pronunciation works. You can’t make the ass sound out of one S. I can understand that some might think As-a, but that’s not the end of the world.

It’s such an easy one to pronounce once you do hear it that you should only have to correct people once anyway.

thecatneuterer · 23/09/2024 01:51

Well I read it in my head as Advertising Standards Authority, but that was probably because you'd put it in capitals. If I had to try to pronounce it I'd say Aysa I think.

SileSeilide · 23/09/2024 01:48

Underlig · 22/09/2024 23:21

I’m quite shocked at the number of posters saying they haven’t heard or seen the name before. It’s a male biblical name. And Asa Briggs is famous.

Sorry, I'm not in the UK and have never heard of him.
I'd have guessed Ay-sa OP.

HoHoHoliday · 23/09/2024 01:35

I only know it as Åsa, pronounced Or-sa or Oh-sa.
I think general pronunciation in the UK is Ay-za.

DiscoBeat · 23/09/2024 01:18

I've not heard the name but would assume Ayza pronunciation.

LadyGAgain · 23/09/2024 01:16

I worked with a wonderful lady and her name is Asa. OrrrrSa

Chasqui · 23/09/2024 01:08

Acer, like Asa Briggs.

canwestopwiththenameshaming · 23/09/2024 01:06

There's absolutely not an R anywhere in it so no it's not Acer ffs 😂
It's Ace-ah. Different maybe if you have the accent that can't end a word in an "ah" sound without chucking an r sound on it, but no the same is still Ace-ah regardless, not Acer. I do know a boy with the name Asa, nice name.

SwedishEdith · 23/09/2024 01:03

Asa Hartford is my reference for the name as well. I think it's a great name. Not sure how anyone could get Ass a from the spelling when only one s. And, no, don't change the spelling to Acer - that's a different name.

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