Re: Anastasia...
in reply to a message by Cora
Personally, I pronounce it [a.na.sta'sja] or ah-nah-stah-syah, though of the two, I would say that the former is more commonplace in the Anglophone world.
Jacques Bastien
"When I got home I rushed into my bedroom and locked the door because I knew that this book was the most important thing that had ever happened to me and I did not want anyone there when I looked at it.
"But I was very disappointed, because it was in French and seemed. Forte Comme la Mort, it was called...."
Jean Rhys, The Day They Burned the Books
Jacques Bastien
"When I got home I rushed into my bedroom and locked the door because I knew that this book was the most important thing that had ever happened to me and I did not want anyone there when I looked at it.
"But I was very disappointed, because it was in French and seemed. Forte Comme la Mort, it was called...."
Jean Rhys, The Day They Burned the Books
This message was edited 7/6/2008, 9:08 PM