Message: "Blanche (m)" - Behind the Name

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Blanche (m)

by Wordsmith

7/21/2020, 9:44 AM

Bianca sounds pretty cacophonous to me; I guess it's the "onk" sound. I know many find Blanche cacophonous, but I've never felt that way.

Blanca's better than Bianca, but I still prefer Blanche.

- Janan (jeziana) +4

7/21/2020, 11:20 AM

My sister is Bianca, and here we do not have the "onk" sound, it's definitely with an A sound. With the "onk" I agree it's unattractive.

- Wordsmith +3

7/21/2020, 1:27 PM

Oh, okay

Where are you from? I'm from New York.

- Janan (jeziana) +2

7/21/2020, 2:04 PM

I figured it was an American accent because that's how I've heard it said in American films. I'm in England.

It would be interesting for me to know the Italian pronunciation.

- Dracotorix +1

7/21/2020, 2:54 PM

What A sound do you use? Because "ank" and "onk" as in "honk" sound pretty much the same to me.

- Janan (jeziana)

7/22/2020, 12:38 AM

In my accent, ank and onk are completely different sounds.

Bianca, in a southern English accent, (which I have) rhymes with anchor.

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