The Snooty way she pronounce her first name.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Anna Faris
elskootero-1 — 11 years ago(December 17, 2014 08:36 PM)
Before anyone jumps on me, I understand that she can pronounce her name any way she chooses. It's just that AH-NA sound so snotty and elitist for someone so young and not a member of the British Royal family.
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lofaldel — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 01:33 AM)
its not really a snooty way of pronouncing it, its like a completely different name, its just the spelling that throws people off. I know three people that pronounce their name the way she does, one spells it Anna and the other spells it Ana and the other Ahna. Its not just her deciding to pronounce it that way its an actual name. The main character is frozen has that name too.
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fatherchristmas89 — 11 years ago(March 11, 2015 06:30 PM)
Before anyone jumps on me, I understand that she can pronounce her name any way she chooses. It's just that AH-NA sound so snotty and elitist for someone so young and not a member of the British Royal family.
It actually sounds very American to say Arna rather than Ahh na. It might have a slight r with RP English, but it isn't intentionally supposed to be an Ar-na sound. -
jypsigal — 10 years ago(June 13, 2015 03:10 PM)
so she pronounces it ah-na? thats the only way i know how to pronounce it (well i guess, we say it more an na), til frozen came alone and it was ar na. so is it generally assumed to be pronounce ar na in america then?
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Zalophus — 10 years ago(June 14, 2015 06:58 PM)
The way her husband says it is "ah-na". Like the Frozen character.
"An-na" is more like "annie".
It's kinda hard to explain over text. I'd have to say it. I'm not sure if different accents are what's making it confusing to begin with, but imagine an American (from California, so not with a southern, eastern, or midwestern accent) saying "ah-na" and "an-na". -
HelloMyNameIsMrBurns — 10 years ago(July 31, 2015 10:53 PM)
Onna would be the phonetic pronunciation of her name, which is most commonly pronounced phonetically as Anna. Like the Beatles song.
i.e. Anna as she pronounces it rhymes with Donna, whereas it would normally rhyme with banana. -
jypsigal — 10 years ago(August 01, 2015 04:13 AM)
I think people are saying ah-na as in arna, that what confused me at first because to me, ahh sounds like the phonic A not the letter R.
In frozen it sounds like R na but the people i know in real life call themselves ann na.