How do you pronounce your name in the States?

[Jenn! 918]

nay-sah might be a better comparison...

the E in nessa is like the E in get

yup, I know... nay-sah was an example on how not to pronounce it....

Aaaah!

No, Nay-sah is how you *should* pronounce it! And Ney-sah and Nay-sah sound the same!

Neh-sah is how *not* to pronounce it.

Right?

no, she said her name sounds like mesa, which on further reflection probably isn't quite right....

she said it was short for vanessa... so I am assuming you pronounce it like that without the VA... maybe it sounds like "mess a"

I assume that in Brazil, Vanessa is pronounced as Va-nay-sah. The problem is that Americans assume the "e" is short, as in "get", when it's not.

ETA: Good thing everyone here can just type Nessa and be done with it!

Edited October 2, 2007 by Jenn!

[Marilyn. 340]

nay-sah might be a better comparison...

the E in nessa is like the E in get

yup, I know... nay-sah was an example on how not to pronounce it....

Aaaah!

No, Nay-sah is how you *should* pronounce it! And Ney-sah and Nay-sah sound the same!

Neh-sah is how *not* to pronounce it.

Right?

no, she said her name sounds like mesa, which on further reflection probably isn't quite right....

she said it was short for vanessa... so I am assuming you pronounce it like that without the VA... maybe it sounds like "mess a"

I assume that in Brazil, Vanessa is pronounced as Va-nay-sah. The problem is that Americans assume the "e" is short, as in "get", when it's not.

mmm, ok... I am all confused now

[cartaverde 12]

I'm happy to have a boring name that is spelled most of the time correctly no matter where I am

Including both first and last names.

[Cassandra+Yuibi 0]

We always have to tell everyone to pronounce Yuibi's name as U-B. Especially with Texans trying to say it- they usually pronounce it Yu-EEE-bee with lots of emphasis on the I. The i is really short if its correctly pronounced. Yuibi never seems to be bothered by people just calling him U-B though. :x

Sadly, no one can pronounce MY last name here. I don't know if they'll have less trouble with Yuibi's or not. My last name is Grizzle and I get: Grizzly, Grizzel, Grizzwald. I don't really understand how people can't pronounce it. XD It's not like there aren't tons of words with the same ending (Drizzle, Sizzle, etc). Bleh

[Nessa 23]

I can't put in words because you people don't use accents. maybe something like ness in loneliness, bitterness, etc

[Marilyn. 340]

I can't put in words because you people don't use accents. maybe something like ness in loneliness, bitterness, etc

which is what I think I was getting at

sounds like "mess a"

Edited October 2, 2007 by MarilynP

[Nessa 23]

no no no no no, it do NOT sound like ''mess'', the e in mess is like eh and it is not like my name is pronounced, its nêssa, not néssa

[Jenn! 918]

ê

like ‘e’ in ‘net’, or a cross between the ‘ea’ of ‘ear’ and the ‘ai’ of ‘air’.

é

like ‘e’ in ‘net’, or like the ‘e’ in ‘chalet’.

I think we've shown that Nessa will never have the luxury of having her name pronounced correctly here in the U.S.

It's like when my husband teaches me a word in Arabic and I repeat it and he laughs at me...

[Marilyn. 340]

no no no no no, it do NOT sound like ''mess'', the e in mess is like eh and it is not like my name is pronounced, its nêssa, not néssa

ok, then the words you used are not good examples

I think I get it now though..... sounds like "mace a"

[Jenn! 918]

no no no no no, it do NOT sound like ''mess'', the e in mess is like eh and it is not like my name is pronounced, its nêssa, not néssa

ok, then the words you used are not good examples

I think I get it now though..... sounds like "mace a"

Isn't that mesa?????!!!! LOLOLOLOL

[Marilyn. 340]

no no no no no, it do NOT sound like ''mess'', the e in mess is like eh and it is not like my name is pronounced, its nêssa, not néssa

ok, then the words you used are not good examples

I think I get it now though..... sounds like "mace a"

Isn't that mesa?????!!!! LOLOLOLOL

yes, and I did say that upon further reflection I realized that mesa was pronounced differently then I originally thought

[Nessa 23]

i see now, mesa the e is like ey, and it's not ney, it's nê

I think I better give up. I can't put in words.

[Jenn! 918]

i see now, mesa the e is like ey, and it's not ney, it's nê

I think I better give up. I can't put in words.

Like I said, thank God we only have to type it!

[pedroh 21]

EU ESTOU MALUCO!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Nessa 23]

well if you had to pronounce without listening to the proper pronounciation, you wouldn't be able to do so, but you would be able to pronounce correctly if you listened to it, unless, of course, you have some hearing problem or some learning disorder.