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Gianna and Giovanna
WDYTO of Giovanna, nn Gianna? It's the name of a character in a story I'm writing. How would you pronounce it? (I know BtN says jo-VAH-nah and JAH-nah, but I'm wondering what everyone thinks the names should sound like)

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Thanks for your help, everyone!"Les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur." -- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery

This message was edited 1/16/2006, 8:32 AM

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What about Vanna?
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I've always pronounced them jee-AHN-ah and jee-oh-VAHN-ah, but I guess I'm wrong!- MelissaArielle Norah
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I do Italian at uni, which is the only reason I say jo-VA-na and JA-nah automatically. I think a lot of English speakers would favour jee-oh-VAH-na and jee-AH-na naturally.I'd far prefer to see the proper Italian pronunciation used ... I'm nitpicky like that :-)_____________________________________________________________________Elinor"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."
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I have a friend named Giovanna and we say it like G-O-VAH-nah. I like it, its cute.
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I like Gianna the best out of the two. I use the Italian pronunciation, JAHN-nah. I think it's a really cool name for a story character :-)
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I pronounce it gee - o - VAH - nah.It is a pretty name to use in a book, and I really like the nn Gianna. I would never use it in real life though.
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Well, don't really like Giovanna, it's the Vanna part I think because I really do like Gianna. I think Gianna would be fine by itself. I usually pronounce it jee-on-ah and jee-oh-von-ah but that's probably wrong. another name I really like it Giada (jee-ah-dah) which means 'jade'. :)Image hosted by Photobucket.com
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Giada is prn JAH-da.
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The correct Italian pronunciations are jo-VAN-uh and JAN-uh.
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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I pron. it between jee-o-VAHN-nah and jo-VAHN-nah and between jee-AHN-nah and ja-nah.I like Gianna best
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I would pronounce them as gee-o-varna and gee-arna but I know this isn't correct and should be pronounced as BtN says. I very much like Gianna.:)
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