How would you pronounce Frances?

[JessicaBearx]

I would pronounce it FrARNces. Is this how most pronounce it or do you pronounces in Fran ces?
Asking because i don't want to pick a name we are pronouncing "wrong". Thanks

See? Doesn't make any sense at all.

Not sure why you're having such difficulty understanding. So what if the A in Catherine is pronounced differently to the A in Frances. There are many irregularities in all accents. What do you want? For people with SE accents to flatten the a in Frances just to please you? And then? Flatten the A when referring to the country of France for added consistency?

Obviously its too difficult a question. Never mind!

Frarn Sis

Give your head a little wobble.

I prefer to pronounce that wibble acksherly.

"they DO change their accent for Catherine and Angela, they use the short a even though that is not how they would say anything else."

Can pan man Dan cat pat mat sat tap map lap...

All have a short A.

Of course it makes no sense. English is a very irregular language.
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8684273/When-I-didnt-know-owt-about-posh-speak.html
I give you 'Elastoplast'.

(I guarantee the way I would pronounce Catherine and Angela would not sound the same as it would in a SE England accent even with the short As..)

Hate it when southerners add an R to words that don't have an R

Hate it when Northerners try to claim their accent is the only correct way to pronounce words.

Husbands middle name is Francis.
We pronounce it "frarn-siss"

(But we just tell people that he doesn't have one as he hates it haha)

People are saying that in their accent they use a long a so barth, parth, carstle, Frarnces. BUT, they DO change their accent for Catherine and Angela, they use the short a even though that is not how they would say anything else.

How do you pronounce Angela?
How do you pronounce Angel?

Hate it when southerners and northerners forget about the other three countries in the UK...

I say Barth and parth
Still fran-sis though

How about tear and tear?
Were and werewolf?
Kilo and kilometre?

FRAN-ciss

Poor OP. If you were ever thinking of using this name I doubt you are now 🤣
It's a shame. It's a good name. I've never found it an issue. I don't ever correct people whichever way they pronounce it. I've never heard anyway pronounce the ending anything other than a "siss" sound though but even if I did I probably wouldn't correct them. The main bugbear for me is the spelling confusion.

Also dont shorten it to Fanny or as i would pronounce it Fahnny.

Fran ciss. Can't think of another way to say it.

And definitely not with a second R!

So they DO change their accent to say Catherine and not Cartherine
No they don't as Catherine is always pronounced with a short A regardless of your accent.

And definitely not with a second R!

It's an ah sound which, if you don't roll your Rs, sounds just like R in many accents.

Where on earth are you getting the second R from?! That's bizzare!!

That's bizzare!!

No, it's a different accent.

Scottish accent. Fran -sess

Frances is one of those names like Alexander, Clara and Sandra whereby the pronunciation of 'a' will change according to region. As a guide, it will be the same as the way people pronounce bath, last, plaster, pass.

"Good point, different depending on sex!
Frances (girl) - FRAN-sez
Francis (boy) - FrARN-sis"

The spelling depends on the sex, but the pronunciation is the same for both surely - 'sis' at the end and the first syllable either Fran or Frahn depending on whether you normally have a long or short 'a'.

Fraaan-sus
Various shorter versions acceptable, but never Fanny