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HelpRe: Lyanna
in reply to a message by Serafina Starstrider
a fantasy world's pronunciation
IMO, that's strike two against pronouncing it with an ee sound (strike one, it's counterintuitive... lysol, lysis, Lysandra, lye, Lyme disease, lyophilize).
Lyanna "Lee-anna" seems so apish to me. Since it's unheard-of except for the one icon, which is no biggie except the distorted pronunciation is so plainly imitative... unlike Khaleesi, which is clearly just made-up and isn't similar at all to any existing name; it's more tribute than mimic. Leanna / Liana >> Khaleesi, Daenerys and the like > Lyanna
Arya is not bad at all, as that's a normal pronunciation and Aria is trendy anyway.
Lyanna "lee-anna" also ruins any potential that Lyanna "Lye-anna" might have had, which is kinda sad IMO, I think Lyanna "Lye-anna" is pleasantly creative, if it were an independent invention, compared to the GoT name.
- mirfak
IMO, that's strike two against pronouncing it with an ee sound (strike one, it's counterintuitive... lysol, lysis, Lysandra, lye, Lyme disease, lyophilize).
Lyanna "Lee-anna" seems so apish to me. Since it's unheard-of except for the one icon, which is no biggie except the distorted pronunciation is so plainly imitative... unlike Khaleesi, which is clearly just made-up and isn't similar at all to any existing name; it's more tribute than mimic. Leanna / Liana >> Khaleesi, Daenerys and the like > Lyanna
Arya is not bad at all, as that's a normal pronunciation and Aria is trendy anyway.
Lyanna "lee-anna" also ruins any potential that Lyanna "Lye-anna" might have had, which is kinda sad IMO, I think Lyanna "Lye-anna" is pleasantly creative, if it were an independent invention, compared to the GoT name.
- mirfak
This message was edited 9/20/2016, 12:26 AM
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Yeah in my response to the OP earlier I basically was like if you plan on pronouncing it lee-AN-ə then I'd prefer to see it spelled Leanna, Lianna, or Liana. And that I feel Lyanna should be pronounced lie-AN-ə. As you mentioned I also like it and it reminds me of Lyra if you pronounce it the intuitive way not the GoT way.
Luckily the character in the books is not a prominate one because she died before the story began but she is an important character. Also there is another character with the name Lyanna in the show who is a child but she is not a main character. So you probably won't be seeing that many people using Lyanna because of GoT. Arya is a big character so I'm certain you'll see at least a good number of them especially since Aria is so popular.
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Luckily the character in the books is not a prominate one because she died before the story began but she is an important character. Also there is another character with the name Lyanna in the show who is a child but she is not a main character. So you probably won't be seeing that many people using Lyanna because of GoT. Arya is a big character so I'm certain you'll see at least a good number of them especially since Aria is so popular.
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This message was edited 9/20/2016, 1:55 AM
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