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[Opinions] Each one of them to me is sawn-ya, and I like the Sonja spelling best. nt

by Dragon_Clarinet (guest)

4/17/2009, 11:50 AM

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- Jacinta Ismene (curiouslystrong) +3

4/17/2009, 11:55 AM

ETA: never mind, I'm dumb - I was thinking you meant that you pronounced all my options the same way, not all the spellings the same way...duh

This message was edited 4/17/2009, 11:57 AM

- Dragon_Clarinet +2

4/17/2009, 12:02 PM

Yeah, I would

But would you pronounce it sew-nya? (the sew representing a long o) Ah, the English language. Isn't it lovely? Have you ever noticed that it depend on the word? You see, you wouldn't pronounce Carrie SARE-ee, would you, but you wouldn't pronounced Cecily KEK-illy, right? See.

- causegirl

4/17/2009, 8:05 PM

The Rule of Cecily (OT)

As I've often heard it called, explains the soft 'c' sound in the English language. If a C is followed by an e or i, it is said softly, as an S.

- Jacinta Ismene (curiouslystrong)

4/17/2009, 12:15 PM

Yeah, the long o to me would be like sew or sewn, or like own or crone or whatever. That's actually the only way I've ever heard Sonia pronounced, so it's sort of weird to me that most people seem to pronounce it sawn-ya or sahn-ya or what-have-you here.

I think with the letter 'c' it depends on what vowel sound follows it as to whether it's pronounced hard or soft? But English is totally weird that way - and different accents of English are so weird too, it always throws me off when I find out that some people pronounce certain words with completely different vowel sounds than what I'd expect.

This message was edited 4/17/2009, 12:35 PM

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