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HelpRe: Honour or Ona?
in reply to a message by Catherine
Honor/Honour and Ona are pronounced the same? Maybe with a Boston accent! lol
I don't care for Ona, the look or sound of it, for some reason. But I love Honour, as well as Annora and Honora (and Onora, as Elinor suggested).
I don't care for Ona, the look or sound of it, for some reason. But I love Honour, as well as Annora and Honora (and Onora, as Elinor suggested).
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How do you pronounce them then??!
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Well seeing as one has an "r" on the end and one doesn't, it seems obvious, but....
Honour: like the word honor/honour, "AH-norr"
Ona: looks like OH-nah, could be like Ana = AH-nah
Or if one is from Boston, he or she might say the word honor so it sounds like AH-nah, but I don't see that as the usual pronunciation.
Honour: like the word honor/honour, "AH-norr"
Ona: looks like OH-nah, could be like Ana = AH-nah
Or if one is from Boston, he or she might say the word honor so it sounds like AH-nah, but I don't see that as the usual pronunciation.
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It's an accent thing - Catherine is British. As an Australian I can see what she means!
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Really? I can't imagine a British or Australian person saying Honour/Ona the same, but hell, I live in Florida so what do I know? LOL :b
I guess the Bostonian would make the -our into an -ah sound, and the Brit/Australian might do the opposite. That makes sense, I guess.
I guess the Bostonian would make the -our into an -ah sound, and the Brit/Australian might do the opposite. That makes sense, I guess.
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