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What do you think of Anais?

17 replies

witcheseve · 24/10/2009 21:59

Either prenounced without the S or with the S. It's for a friend wasn't keen when I first heard it, this morning, but it's really growing on me. I like it as An-aye-cee.

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CuppaTeaJanice · 24/10/2009 22:03

Isn't it Meg Matthews & Noel Gallagher's daughter?

Bit too much like anus for my liking....

witcheseve · 24/10/2009 22:06

lol at anus, never thought of that. Not sure about the Gallager's to tired to google.

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SixtyFootGhoul · 24/10/2009 22:07

isnt it prononoucned
Ann -eye - ees?

AuraofDora · 24/10/2009 22:09

it is their daughter name
i thought you said an-ay, french like
an-aye-cee sounds like the road repair place!

scottishmummy · 24/10/2009 22:10

cheap perfume
Noel Gallagher and his skanky wife

VerityBrulee · 24/10/2009 22:11

It is ann-eye-ees

bibbitybobbitycat · 24/10/2009 22:12

Only permissable if French.

AnyGhoulKno · 24/10/2009 22:14

pronounced Ana'is (Spanish pronunciation)
Anais Nin, famous writer (well known for her erotica)

FrayedKnot · 24/10/2009 22:14

I thought it was correctly pronounced An-aye-eece because there is an umlaut on the i?

In otehr words, not like the perfume ad.

I do like it pronounced An-aye-eece.

scottishmummy · 24/10/2009 22:15

i know who Anais Nin is
i still think cheap perfume

suwoo · 24/10/2009 22:17

I know one pronounced Ann-ay. She is a shocker, her mum had to have parenting classes to help deal with her. I find that rather off putting.

witcheseve · 24/10/2009 22:17

I thought it was very pretty but cannot get over the anus thing now. Anyway it's not my baby but the nan to be is sat with me now and she's going off it too.

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AnyGhoulKno · 24/10/2009 22:18

It's not cheap - unless you buy it from the market

scottishmummy · 24/10/2009 22:20

smells like cheap bog cleaner
should be cheap - smells like ole biddies

Firawla · 25/10/2009 08:25

only like it prn ann eye ees

Vivia · 27/10/2009 10:54

It is definitely pronounced An-eye-ees.

The 'annay annay' of the perfume name is a bastardized pronunciation.

The 's' is not optional because the 'i' has a diacritic - making the 'ees' ending rather stressed.

If you use it, please don't forget to register it as Anaïs rather than Anais. The pronunciation is all in the spelling.

Flowerface · 27/10/2009 11:24

I know one, about a year old, and she is the most beautiful child ever, but I always try to avoid saying her name as I always feel I'm pronouncing it wrong...

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