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Help[Opinions] Re: Anastasia
in reply to a message by vigdis
I like it, but I agree she will get called ann-a-stay-zha a lot. She'll either have to correct people a lot, or go by Ana or something. I'd be fine with using the other pronunciation too, but it will be a little bit of a burden and she'll probably go by a nickname if you decide to use that pronunciation.
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Agree
I think she'd end up just letting people call her that, since it's probably overwhelmingly how people would say it. I just think your husband would have to be OK with the fact that no matter how he wants to pronounce it, everyone else won't.
This sort of happened to my brother, his name is easier to say in French and he just let people pronounce it in close approximation.
I think she'd end up just letting people call her that, since it's probably overwhelmingly how people would say it. I just think your husband would have to be OK with the fact that no matter how he wants to pronounce it, everyone else won't.
This sort of happened to my brother, his name is easier to say in French and he just let people pronounce it in close approximation.
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And he hates nicknames. :-D
I'd call her Anya, though.
I'd call her Anya, though.
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I like the nn Anya :)
And she probably won't decide not to go by a nickname just because her dad doesn't like nicknames... Kids at school would probably give her a nn too, even if she didn't specifically go by it. I do think the full name is prettier, but she's very likely to go by a nn eventually.
And she probably won't decide not to go by a nickname just because her dad doesn't like nicknames... Kids at school would probably give her a nn too, even if she didn't specifically go by it. I do think the full name is prettier, but she's very likely to go by a nn eventually.
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Maybe, maybe not.
My husband is the only one of his siblings to go by a nickname (Xander from Alexander). The rest go by their full names:
Elizabeth
Damian
Anthony
Christopher
Katherine
:-D
My husband is the only one of his siblings to go by a nickname (Xander from Alexander). The rest go by their full names:
Elizabeth
Damian
Anthony
Christopher
Katherine
:-D
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I think Anastasia (especially his pronunciation) is a little more cumbersome than any of those names...I think it would definitely get shortened at some point.
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Yeah mayble he can call her by her full name but it is likely friends and teachers will use a nickname.
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