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  1. 06-Sep-2012, 21:01 #1
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    Default How is the name Anna read?

    Greetings,

    how should I read the name Anna? With the first a as in cAt, or as in cAlf
    If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up.)
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    Default Re: How is the name Anna read?

    This is how it's transcribed in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: ˌænə

    The "a" as in "cat" is how I hear it (or the "a" in "calf" in AmE).
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    Default Re: How is the name Anna read?

    Thank you.)
    If I were a native speaker of English, I would never shut up.)
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    Default Re: How is the name Anna read?

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    Default Re: How is the name Anna read?

    Quote Originally Posted by englishhobby View Post
    Greetings,

    how should I read the name Anna? With the first a as in cAt, or as in cAlf
    I have never heard the calf pronunciation of Anna.
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    Default Re: How is the name Anna read?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
    I have never heard the calf pronunciation of Anna.
    That's the American 'calf'.
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