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ArchivesRe: Johanne - a French name?
in reply to a message by Dot
Johanne is a modern form used in Quebec (Dictionnaire des prénoms by Chantal Tanet and Tristan Hordé). It is, obviously, a Frenchification of Johanna.
About the pronunciation, in French the H are mute, so zho-AHN. But maybe in Quebec, because of the English influence, it could be possible to find the pronunciation zho-HAHN, even if that has not sense in French.
The pronunciations with yo- and jo- are wrong, because in French the J has always the sound ZH.
Lumia
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About the pronunciation, in French the H are mute, so zho-AHN. But maybe in Quebec, because of the English influence, it could be possible to find the pronunciation zho-HAHN, even if that has not sense in French.
The pronunciations with yo- and jo- are wrong, because in French the J has always the sound ZH.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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