I knew someone who pronounced
Ava AV-a, or perhaps it was AH-va. Anyways, it was a pronunciation other than the more typical AY-va. With
Ava Gardner as a famous bearer, you'd think that it wouldn't be an issue, right? The person was American too, by the way, so it wasn't related to language differences.
Other pronunciation issues I've encountered:
Mia - mispronounced MIE-a (like
Maya)
Cadence - mispronounced kə-DENS
Janie - JAN-ee (rhyming with
Annie); I've met people named
Jana (rhyming with
Anna) before though, so I suppose it's not that big of a deal.
I've also heard
Phoebe mispronounced FO-bee.
This message was edited 3/26/2011, 9:23 AM