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Well, I had a friend named Alana. She pronounced it a-LAN-a. I personally don't like the name, but the way it makes most sense to say it to me is a-LAN-a.

This is how I would say them.

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Alana: All-Anna
Alannah: A-lawn-nuh

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Nikki :)

I prn. both like a-lah-na

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This message was edited 4/16/2005, 11:47 AM

I pron both ah-lah-nah. My fav is Alana.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My dear ! are Alia, Eidel and Enola.

Alana (a-LANE-a) - lane rhymes with pain
Alannah (a-LAN-a)

a-LAWN-uh.

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al-AN-uh

I pronounce them both Ah-LAH-nah. But I don't like the spelling "Alana" because without the extra "A" it's an anagram for "anal".

I've always pronounced them both a-LAN-a.

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Hannah

They're both ah-LAH-nah, as far as I'm concerned. I know an Alana who pronunces it ah-LAN-ah (with LAN as in the computer thing, heh), but I don't like that at all.

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I'd find Alanna very nice, really, if I'd never read any Tamora Pierce books.

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Array

I say a-LAN_a for both

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~Lully Lulla~

I say a-LAN-a for both ...

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♥Elinor♥

I pronounce them both the same way. But I don't pronounce it any of the 4 ways you have here. I, like 'Pink Princess' and 'Integrity', say a-LAH-na. The only other way I have heard it pronounced is a-LAN-a. There are so many ways to spell this name - Alana, Alanna, Alannah, Allana. But they are all pronounced the same. They are all feminine forms of Alan.

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But there is also Alaina/Alayna which is pronounced a-LAY-na. Its the feminine form of Alain, which is the French form of Alan.

both a-LAHn-na, m

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a = short A.
lah like la if singing (ie sound of music! do ra mi fa so la ti do).
na = like nup - the 'a' like but.

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This is really according to australian english, though I am trying!

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Nai

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I say them the same: a-LAN-a.

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Miranda
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I pronounce them both the same. I say a-LAH-nah.