Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Hey I find that the main problen an english-speaking person would have with my name is rather the " A " s than the rest The ending is just like in " Enya " (the singer) and the first A is said like the last and not like the " A " in " Apple " . Whether or not her name is spelled with j or y? Can't tell, you can spell Tanja or and it's still said the same, isn't it? To my russian co-workers, Anja is just the same as or Anuschka. But then, when I call " Schatzi " ( " Schnucki " , and so on) (sweetheart) everyone reacts to that CU Anja > Hi Anja, > How do you pronounce your name? Is it pronounced " An-ya " ? I met > someone with a name pronounced " An-ya " about a week ago, and then > seeing yours it occurred to me it might be spelled " Anja, " rather > than, say, " Ania " which was the spelling that initially materialized > within the borders of my unfamiliar mind. > Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 --- In , " Anja " <schnittie01734@y...> wrote: > Hey > I find that the main problen an english-speaking person would have > with my name is rather the " A " s than the rest > The ending is just like in " Enya " (the singer) and the first A is said > like the last and not like the " A " in " Apple " . ! It'd never occurred to me the spelling could render the latter use of " a. " Maybe it's the Greek in me, but I use " a as in father " form preferentially. > Whether or not her name is spelled with j or y? Can't tell, you can > spell Tanja or and it's still said the same, isn't it? Having never known a person with that name (though I've heard it before), I'd never thought of that either. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 > > > > > Whether or not her name is spelled with j or y? Can't tell, you can > > spell Tanja or and it's still said the same, isn't it? > >Having never known a person with that name (though I've heard it >before), I'd never thought of that either. > >Chris it's the same as the j in katja. the j mutates the t, not the a - the two a's in katja are phonetically exactly the same, and in russian, it's spelled with four letters, not five. in english we need something to replicate the sound, and since most americans aren't accustomed to mutating the t (making it a soft " t " , spoken with the tongue touching the teeth), they mutate the a at the end, and generally spell it that way too: " katya " . but the " j " spelling is more accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 > it's the same as the j in katja. the j mutates the t, not the a - the two > a's in katja are phonetically exactly the same, and in russian, it's > spelled with four letters, not five. in english we need something to > replicate the sound, and since most americans aren't accustomed to mutating > the t (making it a soft " t " , spoken with the tongue touching the teeth), > they mutate the a at the end, and generally spell it that way too: " katya " . > but the " j " spelling is more accurate. Ack! When I visit you for the farm thing you'll have to say your name to me several times before I speak to you :-P All this time I thought it was like kat-ya. A family friend has a daughter named Katja, and I could have sworn they pronounce it with a " y " sound somewhere in there. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 well, they probably do! i have yet to meet an american who can say my name properly, so no worries. i answer to all reasonable facsimilies most people say either say " kaht-ya " , or they rhyme it with " gotcha " also, hey you generally works. At 08:27 PM 6/29/2004, you wrote: >Ack! When I visit you for the farm thing you'll have to say your >name to me several times before I speak to you :-P All this time I >thought it was like kat-ya. A family friend has a daughter named >Katja, and I could have sworn they pronounce it with a " y " sound >somewhere in there. > >Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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