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JLeesmum
25-03-2010, 09:49
Allana. would you say it al-anna or allar-na?

(mods, move to the right section if you want.. i couldnt find it)
Chunkydunks
25-03-2010, 09:51
allar-na

I went to school with an Alana.
Ffrenchknickers
25-03-2010, 09:53
I know a few and they are all said Alarna.
PippaG
25-03-2010, 09:53
Allar-na

My niece is called Allanah
catch 22
25-03-2010, 09:55
My MIL and DD's middle name is pronounced Al-ana. My MIL gets really cross when she gets Alar-na.:laughing:
raisingthree
25-03-2010, 09:57
Al-anna
JLeesmum
25-03-2010, 09:58
what would be a nickname for Alarna? i like Allanna for the fact it can be shortened to Anna ( and its my sisters middle name, it came from my pop Allan) thats how its spelt, and pronounced Al-anna. maybe i should change the spelling to Alanna
JLeesmum
25-03-2010, 10:00
My MIL and DD's middle name is pronounced Al-ana. My MIL gets really cross when she gets Alar-na.:laughing:

were thinking of baby names :yes:, dp keeps saying Alarna not Alanna, so i just want to see which one is more popular.. i should have added a poll..
SpecialPatrolGroup
25-03-2010, 10:14
All-arna. For a nickname I would say Ali or Lani.
It's a pretty name!
MrJones&Me
25-03-2010, 10:16
It depends on where you are from,

Australians are very nasal in their tone, so we would say 'All-arna'

Nicknames would be larni, ally...

HTH
JLeesmum
25-03-2010, 10:23
to me Alarnah sounds snotty..Alanna sounds pretty.
Boobycino
25-03-2010, 10:44
I would say Al-ar-na.

I will say though, those names drive me nuts.

In one the creches i work at we have an

Elena - pronounced El-ay-na

and Elana - pronounced El-ena

Lena - pronounced Lee-na

And a mother with a similar name, but I cant remember which variation, but its different again.

:hair:

I used to look after an Alana - pronounced Al-ar-na. And I LOVED her, so by association i LOVE that name. She doesn't recognise me anymore :( but we were pals. Because she was on a different sleep routine to all the other babies, there were times during the day where she was the only one awake and I was the only carer, so we just hung out, she 'helped' me with paperwork (like, drawing on my observations) and came with me around the centre to fetch toys and things for our program.... awwww.... miss her... she's like 3.5 now... and has no idea who I am when i saw her last :( I frightened her a little cos I was "AH! Alana!!! Come here!" and wanted a cuddle. Because, she used to cry for me if I wasn't there :(, instead she just backed up and looked frightened.... sorry honey!!!