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Help[Opinions] pronunciation of Sonya
I love this name.
I pronounce it Sow-nya
It can also be pronouned Saw-nya
Which way do you pronounce it upon seeing it for the first time? Just curious.
I pronounce it Sow-nya
It can also be pronouned Saw-nya
Which way do you pronounce it upon seeing it for the first time? Just curious.
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sewn-ya
Or saw-nya if that was what they preferred, but the one I know says it more with an O sound.
Or saw-nya if that was what they preferred, but the one I know says it more with an O sound.
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I've always said SAHN-ya (which is closer to SAW-nya). I could get used to SOE-nya, but that's definitely not my first reaction on how to say it when I first see it. But I live in the Southern U.S. so that might make a difference. :)
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I always say SOHN-ya, and about half the time (I've met a lot of them lately for no particular reason), they correct me to SAHN-ya.
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sownya
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I would pronounce it Saw nya
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I pronounce it SOHN-ya
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I say it Sow-nya. I know two people with this name and they both pronounce it that way.
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Sawn-ya
That's what you'd nearly always hear in Britain, in my experience. Especially with the character Sonia from Eastenders. I have an aunt named Sonja who also says it this way.
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That's what you'd nearly always hear in Britain, in my experience. Especially with the character Sonia from Eastenders. I have an aunt named Sonja who also says it this way.
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This message was edited 12/3/2006, 9:59 AM
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Yes, sorry confusing Sow-nya as in Soap. Good.
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I assume by "sow," you mean as in "reap what you sow"? Because I see it and hear sow as in "a sow's ear."
I pronunce the name SOH-nya, like soap.
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O come, all ye Grateful
Deadheads to the concert.
O come, Grateful Deadheads,
And camp in the street.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
I pronunce the name SOH-nya, like soap.
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O come, all ye Grateful
Deadheads to the concert.
O come, Grateful Deadheads,
And camp in the street.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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LOL, I had the same reaction at first, but I also knew what she meant. :b
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I pronounce it 'SOHN-yah'.
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Me too.
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- Mark Twain.
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I agree too.
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I agree.
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tritto.
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ditto
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Sow-nya, but I guess SOHN-ya would be a more correct representation
Magnanimous Despair alone could show me so divine a thing, where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, but vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
Magnanimous Despair alone could show me so divine a thing, where feeble hope could ne'er have flown, but vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
This message was edited 12/3/2006, 12:51 PM
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I pronounce it Sow-nya.
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