Georgiana pronunciation

[PrimroseWharf]

How would you pronounce Georgiana? And where are you located? We are in NW England. I would say Jor-Jaynah but DH says Jor-Jee-Arnah. I like both pronunciations but would prefer to use the ‘correct’ one. This is only for a middle name so not the end of the world if people mispronounce. So how would you say it?

Jor-Jee-Arnah
Jor-Jee-Anna
Jor-Jaynah

Something else entirely?

Thanks!

I'm still struggling to see how Castle can be pronounced Car Sell ?!

As opposed to Rick “never gonna give you up” castle?? 🤷‍♀️

Someone has already explained rhotic vs non-rhotic accents in this thread. Scroll up! 🙄

It's Jorj - ee - ahna in Sanditon.

The Jor-jay-nah pronunciation was supposedly invented by the friends of the Duchess of Devonshire, and if you said it like that you were in her inner circle and if you didn’t you weren’t. Not sure if that’s true but some people do seem to think this is the ‘correct’ way of saying it.

Is that right @Luredbyapomegranate? I've seen the film starring Keira Knightley and never actually met anyone called Georgiana, so assumed that was the right pronunciation. I stand corrected!

Jor-Jaynah

@SemperIdem , nobody explained the Car-sell bit
I can just about get Car-sul but not Car-sell.
Can you explain it please.

Surrey based.

jorg jee anna

there is no “r” in anna

There's no R in -iana either

Jor-Jee-Arnah
SE
I know a Liliana who prounces the end Arnah

I'm in the NW and dyslexic, I'd completely avoid saying it until I'd heard someone else say the name.

Also Lana, Juliana, Ariana

Arnah

Why add the R?!

Op, can you explain where you see the 'ay' sound? It's not 'ai' it's 'ia' - in other words ;eeyah'

it wouldn’t occur to me to pronounce it Jor-Jay-Na. The letters aren’t there for it to make that sound. But I loathe Jane Austen and I’ve no idea who this Duchess is that everyone is talking about, so that may be why I’ve never come across it. And I’m afraid my immature brain keeps wanting to turn that pronunciation into Jor-Jaynus… sorry…

I'd either say Jor-Jee-Ah-Nah (equal emphasis on all syllables) or more likely Jor-JAHH-Nuh with the middle two syllables run into one and stressed.

I’m south east England, with a non-rhotic accent, but for some reason I’ve always pronounced bath, castle, grass etc with a short a rather than the long a (bath rather than bahhhth, etc).

Georgina is nicer.

Because op is trying to distinguish between different ways of pronouncing it.
If she wrote "would you pronounce it Georgiana, Georgiana or Georgiana" it would be confusing.

Jor-jay-nah???? Never heard of it with that jay in the middle.
Jor-janna for me- NW

I say Georgie-Anna. It is my name so that's my personal pronunciation. So many people say Georgie-Arnah. No one ever mispronounces it to Geor JAY nuh though.
People often comment on how nice it is but often don't pronounce it right! I find northerners are better at it than southerners.

Rhymes with 'vagina'.

Ignoring the R, the reason car-sell (or cah-sell) sounds weird is because you're giving the end bit full stress. The sound in "sull" sounds more like the unstressed schwa most people use there.

In the north east it can be more like more like cassill.

If some one writes CAR-SELL then how am i meant to say it other than car sell.
The stle bit is like in gristle, which I say as grissl, not gris-sell

I know how people in New Cassle say it. They don't say Noo Car-Sell

The space in some one was sloppy typing
I really can't get Car-sell from Castle, and no I am not stressing the sell bit.
Castle is Cassle as far as I am concerned.

Jaw Jarna

Georgiana from Pride and Prejudice is pronounced georgie-anna in all the adaptations I've seen.

Bit of a mouthful of a name. Georgie is a lovely shortening though.