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[Opinions] Re: Gendered names with the same pronunciation but different spelling

by clevelandkentevans

3/26/2023, 11:17 AM

Just to point out, there are many people in the English-speaking world who still make a distinction between the "ah" and "aw" sounds and who therefore do NOT think Don and Dawn are pronounced the same way.

And of course, in English Ivan and Yvonne are also not pronounced the same way, though in other languages they are.

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- jonesilove +7

3/26/2023, 11:27 AM

Just so you know, there is a big difference between Iván and Ivan.

- ari. +6

3/26/2023, 11:36 AM

And Iván isn't pronounced anything like Yvonne either.

- jonesilove +5

3/26/2023, 7:41 PM

Maybe not in your dialect.

- ari. +4

3/26/2023, 11:14 PM

How do you pronounce them?

- jonesilove +3

3/27/2023, 7:28 AM

I have no doubt they could be pronounced otherwise, but I have always heard ee-VAHN and ee-VAHN.

- ari. +2

3/27/2023, 7:38 AM

What's the ah sound? The a in car? The o in pot?

- jonesilove +1

3/27/2023, 8:35 AM

Like car in both, yes

- ari.

3/27/2023, 10:16 AM

Interesting. Never heard Yvonne pronounced that way!

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