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[Opinions] Sandra?
What are your thoughts on the name Sandra? Is it too dated? Also, I much prefer the pronunciation SAHN-drah, would it be realistic to use this pron. in an English speaking country? How do you prefer to pronounce it? Thanks :)
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It's quite common here and yes, I do see it as dated. However, I love Alessandra, with Sandra or Ale as a nickname.
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Sandra would have been my brother's name had he been born with interior plumbing. It is dated, but I don't think it's unusable. I think SAHN-drah is doable. I hear it all the time, so often that it would be hard for me to say with any accuracy whether SAHN-drah or SAN-drah is more common.
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Sandra is cute. It is a bit dated, but around here it's still moderately popular especially with Hispanics.I think the Sahn-Dra pronunciation is very pretentious, like the person saying it that way would also say to-mah-to and vahz for vase.
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Come, I say to-mah-to, as did my parents before me, that's the usual pronounciation where I come from.
However, I do say Vase, and Sand (as in the stuff at the beach)-ra. How about Sandrine? I have a young relative-in-law called that. In France, though, so it's Sahn-drine.
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