Re: Hania, Jovanka and Nash
in reply to a message by Dracotorix
1) I do love Ash :3 Nash is definitely better than Cash, Stryker and their ilk, but I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that Nash sounds like 'gnash'!
2) I've only ever heard 'y' beginnings for Jovanka, so who knows where hers come from... but Josefina, ignoring the slightly Soviet unfortunate feel, is definitely prettier than any pronunciation.
3)Ania (AH-nee-ah) is pretty. I understand Zosia to be, a la Behindthename, more ZAW-sha, which means Hania and Zosia would look similar but actually be HAHN-yah and ZAW-shya (which is way prettier when said, and not quite the same)... hmmm... not my place to say, of cause. Ania and Hania wouldn't work, but Ania and Zosia is pretty, in my view
4) Beatrice and Lysander are on the suggestion list. If they reject them, I'm nabbing them. :3
2) I've only ever heard 'y' beginnings for Jovanka, so who knows where hers come from... but Josefina, ignoring the slightly Soviet unfortunate feel, is definitely prettier than any pronunciation.
3)Ania (AH-nee-ah) is pretty. I understand Zosia to be, a la Behindthename, more ZAW-sha, which means Hania and Zosia would look similar but actually be HAHN-yah and ZAW-shya (which is way prettier when said, and not quite the same)... hmmm... not my place to say, of cause. Ania and Hania wouldn't work, but Ania and Zosia is pretty, in my view
4) Beatrice and Lysander are on the suggestion list. If they reject them, I'm nabbing them. :3