How is the name "Anais" pronounced?

[Lavender Brown]

Anyone know?

[DrDebug]

1. Anna-Ease n/t

[Lavender Brown]

4. Really? Do you know what nationality it originally is?

I thought it might be a variation of Anne... :shrug:

[DrDebug]

7. Anaïs Nin originally came from France

Therefore it had the ï to help with the prenounciation but in English that double-dot gets dropped.

French-born novelist, passionate eroticist and short story writer, who gained international fame with her journals. Spanning the years from 1931 to 1974, they record an account of one woman's voyage of self-discovery. "It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all." (from The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. I, 1966) Anaïs Nin was largely ignored until the 1960s. Today she is regarded as one of the leading women writers of the 20th-century. She has become a source of inspiration for those who are ready to take risks in their life for the sake of art and adventure.
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http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/anaisnin.htm

[Lavender Brown]

11. Ok, I was thinking it was Spanish

I knew Anais Nin was born in France but I thought she was American. Thanks!

[fudge stripe cookays]

17. I thought her father might have been Spanish.

I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

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[DrDebug]

20. Cuban

Part #2 of the story.

Anaïs Nin was born in Neuilly, France, to artistic parents. After a cosmopolitan childhood in Europe, Nin came to the New York City with her Danish mother and two brothers in 1914. Her father, the Cuban-born composer-pianist Joaquin Nin, had deserted the family when Nin was 11. He had seduced Nin in her childhood according to some sources - however, Nin's work combined truth and fiction, and some of the details surrounding her life are part of her myth. Largely self-educated, she spent her youth reading in public libraries and keeping a journal. She initially wrote in French and did not begin to write in English until she was seventeen.
- http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/anaisnin.htm

[fudge stripe cookays]

22. That's it. Thanks!

Not Spanish. Hispanic. Big difference.

I'd also heard tales that dad messed with her a bit; wasn't sure how true they might have been.

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[SamanthaJones]

14. Yup, I think that's right

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[Misunderestimator]

21. Yep

[nini]

2. ah-nah - ees

as far as I know

[blm]

13. ^^^nini has it correct^^^

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[supernova]

3. Anna EECE

I had never heard it pronouced until I watched "Henry and June"

[MrScorpio]

5. A-Ny-Is

That how I say it

[FreepFryer]

8. And you are correct, Scorp. (n/t)

[Goathead]

6. "You just say 'Anna' and then add 'ees', with the accent on the 'ees'"

In her own words. From 'The Diary of Anais Nin'

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0156260352/ref=sib_fs_top/104-3607484-4428736?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S00G&checkSum=cltJwxe2OvgbEnP9iJ5rOUiaZaC1v%2BDAWT4Fh62VJtM%3D#reader-link

[FreepFryer]

10. Yup. (n/t)

[expatriot]

9. a NEYE is (I always thought) n/t

[fairfaxvadem]

12. You usuall see it spelled with two dots over the "i",

Meaning you need to pronounce the vowel...

It's the "accent tréma: " ¨ " in French, like "naïve."

[Modem Butterfly]

15. Susan.

Oh, those tricky French.

[NoSheep]

16. AnnaEEce

[Goathead]

18. I was this close to meeting her widower

We were at the Henry Miller center in Big Sur. This place is great. One because it is a huge Henry Miller resource center and two because it is among the redwoods in Big Sur. My GF and I met a Henry Miller Scholar from Great Britain who was showing us Henry Miller original manuscripts and drawings, when My GF mentions that she is really into Anais Nin. The guy said that was great and they started discussing Nin. Then he says that he knows her widower real well and that we should go and see him, how he loves to have company. We asked him if that wouldn't be "too weird" and he said "no" Think he lived in Silverdale? outside of L.A. We hadn't planned on going to L.A. and we didn't make it down there. I really regret that now. Oh, well.

[Lavender Brown]

19. Oh, that would have been cool

I don't really know much about the writer, I saw the name in a birth announcement recently and thought it was interesting.

[liontamer]

23. you should read some of her work

she's a modern romantic. you might not like it, but her view of the world is interesting.

[whirlygigspin]

24. sounds like

anna-iss

...try the perfume


Anais Anais is the fragrance of femininity and love. Like an arrangement of precious floral, this fragrance celebrates the innocence and beauty that lies within. It is the perfect scent for a romantic occasion

[AlCzervik]

25. A-niece