wdyt?

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

Brenna Elanor

wdyt?

(there is a special reason for spelling Elanor that way)

Comments

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Really? That makes me curious as to how you pronounce the name. Because, even though I wouldn't use that spelling myself, "elanor" seems to make the most phonetic sense of all. I say it like "EL-uh-nor", but if anything the "uh" is closer to "a" than "i", it's the same sound as the a in Isabel.

So Eleanor looks like it should be "el-ee-nor" Elinor looks like it should be "el-in-or"....

How do you say it?

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Eleanor is el-eh-nor, the eh is like the beginning of edible. I could accept your 'uh' sound here too but don't think it's as strong of a sound as in Isabel.
Elinor is el-ih-nor, the ih is like in the word lip.
Elanor would be be like el-ah-nor, the ah is like the beginning of apple.

The first two sound very similar to me. The last one sounds wrong.

That's how it goes in my head anyway. ;)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Ok cool, that makes sense. Yeah, the "a" sound in Eleanor and Isabel are exactly the same in my accent. I can't even pronounce it the way you do. I'm Australian... so if you're in the US it should be very different from me!

[opalfirefly.livejournal.com]

yes I pronounce it El-an-nor