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[Opinions] Re: JOHANNA
by Chrisell
12/6/2006, 8:45 PM
in reply to a message by blue kites
Johanna and Jonna come from the same root but they sound completely different. Johanna is jo-HAN-uh or yo-HAN-uh depending on your background, whereas Jonna is just JON-uh.I've never heard of Jonna the Whale so I would never associate the name Jonna with whales. I think of a friend from uni named Jonna.The only spelling I like for Johanna is, well, Johanna. I also like Joanna which is of course pronounced differently.
~Chrisell~ Proudly Australian www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com

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- Tassiegirl   +2
12/6/2006, 11:37 PM
Johanna was, I think, my grandmother's name. the "I think" is because she was always called Hannah. however, *she* always insisted it was johanna, and I suppose she'd know. (she was orphaned young.)
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- Chrisell   +1
12/6/2006, 11:45 PM
One of my great-great-grandmothers was a Johanna, if I recall correctly. She lived somewhere in northern Europe - Germany, Poland, former Czechoslovakia or Austria, but I can't remember which!
~Chrisell~ Proudly Australian www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
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- Tassiegirl
12/7/2006, 1:57 PM
My Grandmother came from Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) (Canadian province,as I'm sure you know.) the family was one generation out from Scotland, She could speak Gaelic, even.
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