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Help[Opinions] Johanna
I like the name Joanna very much, but vastly prefer the look of Johanna. However, as an English speaker, the pronunciation yo-HAHN-ah is not intuitive for me. I would pronounce Johanna as jo-AN-uh, like Joanna.
Would that be feasible, though? I know that the character Johanna in "Sweeney Todd" spelled her name this way, but it's the only Anglophone example I can think of. Is it feasible in the United States to spell the name this way and say, "The H is silent"; or would everyone try to pronounce it the German/Scandinavian way, and think I was crazy not to just name my daughter Joanna?
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Would that be feasible, though? I know that the character Johanna in "Sweeney Todd" spelled her name this way, but it's the only Anglophone example I can think of. Is it feasible in the United States to spell the name this way and say, "The H is silent"; or would everyone try to pronounce it the German/Scandinavian way, and think I was crazy not to just name my daughter Joanna?
Please rate my personal name list:
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
http://greens-end.myminicity.com
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