hi, i wanted to kno the easiest way that I can write my name in english so ppl can pronounce it easily. my name is "Yeon-ah", but is this kinda complicated? or is it okay with as it is? is it better if I write " Yeona" ? what about "Yuna"? i think Yuna is the easiest but it may sounds like "Yoo-na" so... i just wanted to ask ppl who's first language is english. so plz help me out!!
2007-07-31 19:30:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
okay thx for all ur opinions but can i make my point clearly here? i want ppl pronounce my name easily but also appropriately at the same time. it's supposed to be pronounced as "Yeon-ah" and I don't want to be called by different names. I guess "Una" that Lolita suggested sounds kinda different from my name..(isn't it "Yoo-na"?) And superfluity, I kno what ur saying, but i'm not changing my name. I'm considering the easiest way to write my name in english since ppl can't read it if i write my name in my own language lol
and i see that many of u suggest "Yuna", but does it really sound like "Yeon-ah"? isn't it more like " Yoo-na"????
2007-07-31 19:59:52 · update #1
the name "Yeon-ah" is just one way of writing my name in english. i guess many of u think that it's my original name, but u kno, my first language is korean so my name is written in korean originally. and i'm looking for the best way to write it in english.
many of u suggest "Yuna" but r u gonna pronounce it as "Yoo-na" or "Yeon-ah"? cuz i don't want to be called as "Yoo-na" which is a totally different name from mine.
2007-07-31 20:05:44 · update #2
In my opinion, your name should be pronounced in your native language. If I go to Mexico, my name is still the same as it is in the United States. Same thing if I go to any other non English speaking nation. And by the way, I think your name is quite beautiful just the way it is. Peace.
2007-07-31 19:34:42 · answer #1 · answered by superfluity 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about spelling it with "U", as in Una, that way it spells the same way as it sounds, so people won't be calling you different names.
**To answer your Q, I didn't mean for you to change your name at all, I was saying for you to "spell it the way you say it". so I'm assuming your name pronounced is {Leona, but with a "Y", instead of an "L", If that is correct then stick with Yeona, cos that is how I would pronounce it, if it's supose to be Yeona. I wouldn't be calling it Yoo-na, that's a completely different name. Another thing you can spell it whatever way you wish but then you have to correct people who pronounce it differently and say "it's actually Yeona". My real name is also spelled different to the way it's pronounced and all my life I've had to correct people, but that hasn't stopped me changing the spelling it take a bit more time cos I have to correct people, but hay I don't care.
I hope I cleared things up here. : )
2007-08-01 02:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not simply use 'Yeonah' - this is the way most Koreans transliterate your name into English.
The options are Yeon-Ah > Yeonah > Yuna - all used by some people.
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2007-08-01 03:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, I think I would spell it the way that you spell it in your mother tongue and in your country, but to clarify, you could say, May name is Yeonah, but is pronounced, Yuna, like the word tuna.
Then they can relate.
(Tuna = like the fish, often canned)
2007-08-01 02:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by florita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name Yuna is very pretty, I'd go with that.
2007-08-01 02:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yanah
2007-08-01 02:35:56 · answer #6 · answered by Yuliya L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yona
2007-08-01 02:34:09 · answer #7 · answered by Driva25 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yuna is the easiest
2007-08-01 02:33:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yuna honey good bless dyou
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2007-08-01 02:38:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeonah. It's a really pretty name. :)
2007-08-01 09:32:38 · answer #10 · answered by kjc1993 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋