Silly question....

[tropicalkerry2002]

go to

 

http://www.oceaniacruises.com

 

wait through the loading, and click on the video inset on the right when the photo comes up....

 

O-she-ann-a

 

is what the speaker says!

[Oceans&Rivers]

Come on folks, this is ENGLISH we're talking about. People pronounce their names the way they want -- not the way it's spelled. I always try to pronounce a name the way the "owner" of that name does. His/her pronunciation makes it "correct".

 

(I mean look at "Worcestershire" and thousands like it!)

 

Exactly! :D

 

Here's a long list of English names with counterintuitive pronunciations:

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_in_English_with_counterintuitive_pronunciations

 

 

My favorite is Cholmondeley which sounds like chum-lee

[ClaudiaF]

Oh-shee-Ann-EE-Uh

sorry guys....:rolleyes: but it is o she ann a

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o

[JimandStan]

sorry guys....:rolleyes: but it is o she ann a

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o

I maintain that if this is true, then somebody has to contact Olivia DeHavilland to tell her that she has been pronouncing her first name incorrectly for 95 years!

 

I posted this yesterday, along with my concerns about locating Miss DeHavilland if she had (gasp!) moved to one of those "who knows how to say it" countries such as India, Austria, Ethiopia or Somalia, but somehow the original has disappeared into the ether....:confused:

 

http://www.howjsay.com/

I rest my case.