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HelpRe: How do you pronounce Johanna?
in reply to a message by Lily
I pronounce Johanna the same way as you pronounce Joanna: jo-ANN-a. I also pronounce Johannah as jo-ANN-a, though I'm not sure how correct that is. The only time I've heard the Jo-Hannah pronunciation is on the Duggars' show; it sounds comical at best, and hickish and ignorant at worse. My favorite spellings are Johanna and Joanna.
ETA: I'm from the U.S.
ETA: I'm from the U.S.
This message was edited 4/20/2013, 9:28 AM
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Maybe it's because I have a German parent and jo-HANN-a is closer to the German pronunciation which is yo-HAHN-a. It just seems odd to me not to pronounce the H. In New York I knew a Johanna who said it the way I like it. I've never met any other girls with the name or heard of any in the US so I don't know if there's a standard pronunciation of it in the US. There are many of them in Germany, though.
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