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HelpRe: Lyanna
in reply to a message by m4yb3_daijirou
I would pronounce it lye-Anna, to rhyme English Diana. It doesn't look like it's the same name as Leanna (lee-Anna) or Liana (lee-Ahna) to me; otherwise why the Y?
It doesn't have any special appeal for me, but it's not bad. Vaguely evokes "lion."
Lyanna Linden
Lyanna Clarice
- mirfak
It doesn't have any special appeal for me, but it's not bad. Vaguely evokes "lion."
Lyanna Linden
Lyanna Clarice
- mirfak
This message was edited 9/19/2016, 3:58 PM
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Yeah I never even thought the "ly" could be pronounced differently. I don't think "ly" at the beginning of a word ever makes a "lee" sound... it doesn't look ambiguous to me at all. (although the anna vs ana is a bit ambiguous. I don't know about other places, but Americans tend to use -ana "ana", -ana "anna", -anna "anna", and -anna "ana" all interchangably).
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In Game of Thrones y's are often used instead of i's like in Lyanna and Arya and others. So it is a fantasy world's pronunciation.
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This message was edited 9/19/2016, 11:51 PM
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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.
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.
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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