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[purple-dragon88.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine recently had a baby girl they called Ahsoka. WDYT? How would you pronounce it?

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[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

Maybe like Osaka, Japan? That is really a bad name.

[myiris.livejournal.com]

maybe ah-SOAK-uh?

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

ah-soak-uh

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

I think it's supposed to Ashoka, like in indian (prn Ah-SHOW-kah)

[manabanana.livejournal.com]

This is what I'm hoping?

[purple-dragon88.livejournal.com]

I thought that but it's definitely an ah sound at the beginning rather than Ash. It's a shame because Ashoka isn't bad.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

It reminds me of Ahsoka from the new series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It's a pretty terrible animated series, so it's not really a good association. That's exactly how it's spelled on that series. It's pronounced "Uh-Soak-Uh."

[purple-dragon88.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the assumption I'm going on too (I saw it on facebook and haven't seen them yet). I don't know if they based it on Star Wars but it was the only reference I could find when I googled it and I had to look up a clone wars clip on youtube to figure out how to pronounce it!

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Uh, it's such a lame series and such a lame, pointless character to be named after (they even kind of sexualize her and she's supposed to be a "child").

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I ran across a reference the other day to the name Ahsoka being the name of an ancient philosopher or something like that, and the Star Wars character being named after her. I can't remember where I read that and I haven't been able to find it again, but I don't think it's something I dreamed up because I'd never even heard the name until reading that reference.

"Real" name or not, I do think it's very awkward and unattractive.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Ah so ka

I like it.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I was thinking maybe like Asuka (http://www.behindthename.com/name/asuka)?

[frost.livejournal.com]

I'd say Ah-so-ka/ah-saok-ka.
My second thought was the Japanese name Asuka.

I really don't like it.