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[Opinions] Anibal
Last night I was watching the Red Sox spring training game (sox won!)But one of the Sox pitchers is named Anibal Sanchez. Now, I have a great uncle Anibal and we have always pronounced it Uh-Nee-Bul but the announcer last night kept saying Ann-i-bel like the girls name Annabelle. So how would you pronounce Anibal? and what do you think of it. ~Kai
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I know of one Anibal who prounounces it ah NEE bul. Definitely not like Annabelle. I think the announcer probably didn't check that pronunciation with the pitcher before using it.
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ah-nee-bahl?
In Cartago it would have been something like kha-nee-bah-ahl. lol
~~ Claire ~~
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Probably the Ann-i-belWhile its a good name, I wouldn't use it. It looks like a kreativ version of Annabell.Siri
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At first glance I'd think it was pron. like Annabelle, but that's just me being ignorant. I've never heard or seen the name before so I know nothing about it, but Uh-Nee-Bul does sound better.

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Definitely NOT AnnabelleIt's probably not correct, but I'd prn it AHN-ee-bul or ANN-ih-bul, depending on if I were trying to throw in a fancy hispanic accent or not.
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