How do the English pronounce the first 'a' when saying anna?

[Fridafirefly]

Is it:

• anna as in 'at' without the 't'

Or

-Anna as in 'a'rbitrary?

Sorry not sure how else to explain my question.
Thank you.

It's the first one.

At without the t

I'd pronounce it as in at, the first way. But the English language has numerous dialects, you'd have to be very posh to pronounce Anna "Arna" though.

It's the first one, as in 'at' without the 't'.

If you mean a long or short vowel sound - then it is usually pronounced with the shorter one.

Ok so same as 'Anne' just ending with an 'a' then?

I think most people would say it the first way.

This caused all sorts of trouble when we went to see Frozen recently - my DD insisting the character Anna is called Arna due to their pronunciation! "Elsa and Arna!"

In which countries would it be pronounced like Arna then?

In Germany where we come from, it's pronounced
'A'nna as in 'a'ctually iyswim. (It's difficult to express in writing.)

Yes,Arna in Germany and Italy as far as I know.

Ah-na :-)

Can I ask if there is any horrible chance that the name Anna when pronounced in a 'standard' English way could sound a bit like 'anus'? .

I've killed my thread, haven't i?

you never know frida it might happen
I once worked in the baby room of a nursery and when anais' mum came to collect her the non shouted out across the room
anus' mum is here

people don't always know how to pronounce names

No. Anna's lovely

No one would say anus.

non?
nn

insancerre .

It's just so tricky to choose a good name nowadays given that people are likely to work with/be friends with people from a all over the world and a name needs to ideally work in different languages.

Anna in Italy is pronounced the same as Anna in Britain. Just a normal short open "a", like cat, sat, mat.

frida I don't think there's any concern over anna and anus... anna is a short vowel sound like 'at' & anus is more of an 'ay' sound, like in 'way'

I think Anna would be safe throughout the UK. It's a lovely name.

As far as I know, Anna is pronounced exactly the same the world over. It isn't "ar-na" in any European language I can think of. This makes it pretty much the ideal name for the global village!

You can listen to regional pronunciations of Anna here www.forvo.com/search/anna/

I think Anna is easy to pronounce throughout the UK, and is never pronounced with an 'A' as in 'anus'.

Second the comment about disney frozen! My DD keeps saying Arna now. Maybe it's a US thing, that pronounciation?
But yes in the UK always Anna, like apple

I thought 'Anna' always had the short first vowel sound, and 'Ana' had the long?

Where in Germany are you from?

Anna here (North) is said the same as UK.

Arne is a man's name!

Anus is hay minus the h
Anna is Hannah minus the h