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What do you think of the name Werner? What about the combo Werner Hans? I think I like it but I'm not quite sure about Hans.
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I have a great uncle named Vernor, who was my mom's favorite uncle. I prefer our family's spelling as a fn. I'm not sure about your combo, either. Maybe it's too German?
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The combo isn't bad, but it looks very old-fashioned to me. It's something you'd expect to find on a man born in the 30s or 40s.
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I've a friend called Wessel and I've known him since high school, and it wasn't til last year I learned his name was actually Werner. I much prefer Wessel - it's so much sweeter somehow - but if it sounds too much like a nickname to a German person then I don't mind Werner nn Wessel.
If you don't live in Germany, Austria, etc, you're probably gonna have trouble with the W/V thing though.
Hans makes me giggle. Hans and Gunter and Fritz are just SO German... it's like meeting someone from England called Tommy or Joe. It's just seems so typical it's amusing to me.
If you're not totally sure that Hans is the perfect middle name, I'd keep hunting...
If you don't live in Germany, Austria, etc, you're probably gonna have trouble with the W/V thing though.
Hans makes me giggle. Hans and Gunter and Fritz are just SO German... it's like meeting someone from England called Tommy or Joe. It's just seems so typical it's amusing to me.
If you're not totally sure that Hans is the perfect middle name, I'd keep hunting...
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I like it. Reminds me of the actor who played Klink in Hogan's Heroes, Werner was his real name. Also reminds me of Werther's candies. Not a bad name at all but very German. It's made double super German when you put it with Hans (the combo itself is fine). Unless you are German, I'd avoid Werner Hans, but if you are, cute!
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Dislike and I rather not say what it reminds me of. (Werner)
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You realise that's said Ver-ner, right? It's German.
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Well regardless, in other places it would be pronounced with a W. In the states, unless your family is of strong German origin, hardly anyone would say Werner with a V. \:
And actually it's said as both ways; ver-ner in German & verner and also Werner in Dutch. So I guess it all depends on where someone is from (:
I'm personally not crazy about the name no matter which way its pronounced so in all honesty, doesn't matter to me which way its said
And actually it's said as both ways; ver-ner in German & verner and also Werner in Dutch. So I guess it all depends on where someone is from (:
I'm personally not crazy about the name no matter which way its pronounced so in all honesty, doesn't matter to me which way its said
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I don't know about the states seeing as I'm not from there, but where I live, most people know a Germanic name when they see one and know that the W should be a V. It's just awareness or something.
And I can see that on this site it has two pronunciations for the Dutch: both VER-ner and WER-ner (with the schwa instead of the e).
I don't know about that. I only know that all the Dutch people I know have Vs only. No Ws.
I checked a phonetic chart for Dutch just to be sure, and there was no W there either.
Maybe a certain dialect or something has the W... I don't know. Have you heard Dutch speakers use it? If you have, where were they from?
A quick google search (for "Dutch allophone W") gives no examples of it. I didn't do an extensive search though ^_^"
Edit: Huhn. It's kind of disconcerting that German and Dutch both get highlighted as names. I don't think races should be used as names, really.
And I can see that on this site it has two pronunciations for the Dutch: both VER-ner and WER-ner (with the schwa instead of the e).
I don't know about that. I only know that all the Dutch people I know have Vs only. No Ws.
I checked a phonetic chart for Dutch just to be sure, and there was no W there either.
Maybe a certain dialect or something has the W... I don't know. Have you heard Dutch speakers use it? If you have, where were they from?
A quick google search (for "Dutch allophone W") gives no examples of it. I didn't do an extensive search though ^_^"
Edit: Huhn. It's kind of disconcerting that German and Dutch both get highlighted as names. I don't think races should be used as names, really.
This message was edited 11/25/2014, 11:46 AM
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