How would you pronounce Liliana

eireann · August 24, 2014, 9:17am

See the results of this poll: How would you pronounce Liliana

Respondents: 44 (This poll is closed)

LILY-ANNA : 5 (11%)
LILY-ARNA/AHNA: 39 (89%)

grackym · August 25, 2014, 2:07am

If [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] were spelled with two n’s I would say [name_f]Lily[/name_f]-[name_f]Anna[/name_f]. One n is always the ‘ahna’ prn to me.
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] is a very pretty name!

splinteredruler · August 25, 2014, 2:18am

[name_f]Lily[/name_f]-[name_f]AHNA[/name_f]. But I’m not sure if it’s a dialect thing; I’m Australian.

system · August 25, 2014, 2:20am

‘lil-ee-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-na’. As other people said, two ‘ns’ is ‘anna’.

whirligig · August 25, 2014, 2:40am

[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]=lily-ahna
[name_f]Lilianna[/name_f]=lily-anna

Pseudonymous · August 25, 2014, 2:42am

I would say [name_f]Lily[/name_f]-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-NAH. If it was spelt [name_f]Lilianna[/name_f], then I would pronounce it the other way.

Sunniva · August 25, 2014, 4:58am

[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] / [name_f]Ana[/name_f] = AHN-A
[name_f]Lilianna[/name_f] / [name_f]Anna[/name_f] = [name_f]ANN[/name_f]-A

I’ve noticed that (the majority of) Americans pronounce -ana as [name_f]ANN[/name_f]-A and often times [name_f]Anna[/name_f] as AHN-A (think Frozen’s [name_f]Anna[/name_f] or Glee’s [name_f]Santana[/name_f]). I think it’s a matter of dialect.