Language is fluid, and the American / English pronunciation you mentioned is well established, so it's not "incorrect" ... just a linguist's niggle I have.
Anyway, I don't expect ahna-STAH-see-a would cause you massive problems. It's not as if you're taking a name people hear every day (like
Michael) and pronouncing it a different way. A lot of people will be tentative pronouncing
Anastasia, and ask for confirmation anyway. I like
Marisol, but with
Anastasia it's just too long a combo imo, and so has no flow.
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This message was edited 9/25/2006, 7:04 AM