Message: "Anansi" - Behind the Name

Anansi

by Siri (guest)

1/12/2008, 5:01 PM

This is a mythological African God, which is why it's not in the database. (Database tends to skip African mythology for some reason) Wikipedia article is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi

My question: How do you pronounce it? My boyfriend and I are in arguing over it.

#Anansi

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- Siri (eliorafalk)

1/14/2008, 1:40 PM

Thanks Guys.

I lose.

- Miranda (Randee15)

1/14/2008, 2:30 AM

a-NAHN-see, I think

But I think I learnt this pronunciation from an episode Reading Rainbow in the dim mists of my early childhood, so take this with a grain of salt.

- Elvenscholar

1/13/2008, 8:39 PM

I'm not sure, but I've always heard it said like a-NAN-ci, with first a short, then a long a. I hope that answers the question.

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