http://ifancylust.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ifancylust.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2006-03-21 08:15 pm

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how is rhiannon pronounced? i always pronounced it rye-ANN-ninn. (the ending sounding like the ending in shannon)..but that sounds kind of awkward.

[identity profile] the-theorist.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I have a friend with that name and everyone says "ree-anne-in"

[identity profile] xitalia-girliex.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
i knew a girl named Rhyannon..pronounced the same..ree-ann-in

[identity profile] hitzpink.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's how I've always heard it pronounced.

[identity profile] dingo83.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree, "ree-ann-in."

[identity profile] lipsandhips.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah its like ree-ann-on

[identity profile] frenchnails.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah ^ I pronounce it ree-ann-on too. I've never known anybody with that name, but I've heard of it.

[identity profile] secret-x-stars.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
i say it ree-AH-non (like non-smoker or whatever).

[identity profile] babyalligator.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
it is rEE-ann-on
i always knew it from the fleetwood mac song. i believe it was written about a welsh goddess or something.

[identity profile] arbus.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
ree-ann-in is the only way ive ever heard it (end kind of rhymes with shannon like you said), not with the 'on' end.

[identity profile] sarahrose.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always heard it rye-ann-in

[identity profile] laananas.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ree-ann-in. That's how I've always heard it.

[identity profile] namegirl.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
chalk another up for ree-ann-in

[identity profile] smasharash.livejournal.com 2006-03-22 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
ree-ann-on

[identity profile] mountain-nest.livejournal.com 2006-03-22 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
ree-ANN-on like the fleetwood mac song.

[identity profile] ladyjp.livejournal.com 2006-03-23 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ree-ann-on, emphasis on "ann"