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What do you think of Tanya? Do you prefer it pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with "can" or with it rhyming with "John"? The only Tanya I've known pronounced it to rhyme with "can" and would correct you if you said it the other way.
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I've only heard TAHN-ya (so rhyming with John). It's dated and sounds annoying. TAN-ya and TAWN-ya sound even more whiney and annoying, doubly awful.
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ok, so THIS clears up the 'like John' pronunciation! Which struck me as very odd.
TAHN ya is how I've nearly always heard the name pronounced. But we pronounce John with a short 'o' here... and it doesn't sound anything like it. Makes sense now. Two countries divided by a common language as somebody once said :-)
TAHN ya is how I've nearly always heard the name pronounced. But we pronounce John with a short 'o' here... and it doesn't sound anything like it. Makes sense now. Two countries divided by a common language as somebody once said :-)
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Maybe it has to do with regional accents, but I've only ever heard Tania / Tanya / Tonya pronounced as TAHN-yuh (so, like "John"). It's nice, but also feels very 1970s.
Honestly, I don't think I like Tanya with a short-A. Sounds like she wants to tan someone's hide.
Honestly, I don't think I like Tanya with a short-A. Sounds like she wants to tan someone's hide.
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I have legit never heard the "can" pronunciation. Though, I imagine some of my family members would say it that way if they read it.
I prefer Tanya like Tawn-yah.
This name seems to have a stereotype to it, and not a good one.
To me it is simple and sweet. I do prefer the Tania spelling, but only because I like to be different that way.
I prefer Tanya like Tawn-yah.
This name seems to have a stereotype to it, and not a good one.
To me it is simple and sweet. I do prefer the Tania spelling, but only because I like to be different that way.
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This name is okay... I definitely prefer it pronounced TAWN-ya vs TANN-ya.
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I prefer TAHN-ya but can live with TAN-ya.
I think it's a good name. Dated now. I'm not big on T names, though. So many of them, including Tanya, feel "thin" or sheer to me.
I think it's a good name. Dated now. I'm not big on T names, though. So many of them, including Tanya, feel "thin" or sheer to me.
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Oh lord I hate the name Tanya so much. It's very dated and unattractive.
I have only heard the name rhyming with 'can'.
I have only heard the name rhyming with 'can'.
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No, I've never liked it. (I think I've almost always heard it to rhyme with John-ya. I've also very often seen it spelled Tonya.)
It just sounds like an obnoxious, mouthy person who always has to get her two cents in even when they're not wanted.
It just sounds like an obnoxious, mouthy person who always has to get her two cents in even when they're not wanted.
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The only Tanya I knew whose name was short for anything was Latanya.
In the US, Tanya is almost always afull name.
In the US, Tanya is almost always afull name.
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Yes - it is here in the UK too. Should have been clearer, I was talking about the origins of those names and why they were not essentially the same name
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In a lot of the US they are pronounced identically and therefore used interchangeably.
I pronounce them differently because I'm Australian but I have a colleague named Tanja and one named Tonya and the Americans say them identically so we have nicknames for both to differentiate.
I pronounce them differently because I'm Australian but I have a colleague named Tanja and one named Tonya and the Americans say them identically so we have nicknames for both to differentiate.
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Hi !!!.
For me is TAH-nyah so the most similar is 'can' way but with British pron. Lol
I dislike this name. It is simply unattractive as Fiammetta said.
Byeeeeee
For me is TAH-nyah so the most similar is 'can' way but with British pron. Lol
I dislike this name. It is simply unattractive as Fiammetta said.
Byeeeeee
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As in "can", it's weird to me otherwise. It's not a name I find particularly attractive.
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