Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Fun with Polls How do you say "WAFF"?

Well, Classicalla - the fact that he is speaking an *English* word accounts for the vowel not sounding as Spanish, I think Especially when he says 'That scene was so WAFFy' - I can spot a bit of 'e' sound creeping in. However, I think it's close enough to allow me to use the term "Spanish 'a'" to separate it from the other one, which has evidently hints of 'o' in it.

See ya,
AnnaBtG. (who can pronounce Spanish impeccably, but speaks English with a combination of all accents known to man).

Definitely option 2!

Tricia

Paul! That was YOUR voice? Nice...

I agree, you should be in radio.

After listening to you say the two, I DEFINITELY think #2.

# 2 for me; it never occured to me to say it any other way. Although I don't usually say it out loud, more just in my head, but that's how it sounds in my head. (I am babbling, aren't I?)

In my head, Lana sounds like LANE-A, as opposed to LAN-A or LA-NA. In "Tempus, Anyone?" I think it was pronounced LAN-A, but as was previously stated, in Smallville it is LA-NA. No telling how the person who originally created the character thought of it.

Oh, and to weigh in on the voice, I'll just come right out and say it: sexy, Paul!

Yup.

I've never pronounced Lana any way but to rhyme with tan. Mostly because that's the way Lana Turner always pronounced it, and that was good enough for me. And, btw, I know Lana Turner from re-runs of her movies, okay? Just making that clear.

I've never heard anyone pronounce it another way, but then I don't watch Smallville. Is this just another attempt to be pretentious in the modern age? Make a traditional name seem exotic? Which seems to have been a fad in the last decade or so. Or are there other examples of Lawna around, besides Smallville?

LabRat

I couldn't imagine there was more than one way to say "waff", and to me that is the first alternative. I'll keep pronouncing it so that it rhymes with "daffy" and "taffy".

But now at least I'll know what the rest of you are talking about if I hear you say that option #2 thing!

Ann

Anna, I haven't actually heard the files. What I meant by a Spanish 'a' is that it is only supposed to be pronounced one way (at least that's the way I was taught). I was going strictly on the way they were described which obviously different people are saying the same word differently. From the way, he has it described I would get absolutely no Spanish 'e' from either of them. All accents, huh? How about a nice Scarlett O'hara?

And Mrs. Mosley, I have never heard Lana pronounced like Lois Lane's last name. I'll have to ask my best friend who I'm sure has heard every pronunciation know to man. Interesting, eh?

Yes, that is actually my voice. It never really seemed like anything special, but I'm glad you guys appreciate it.

(I do miss my childhood voice. Especially the ability to sing in the soprano range. Now I start straining if I try to go above tenor. Nothing you can do about that, though.)

Classica, about Vicki's post:

My understanding is that she had never considered anything other than Option One before, but that, hearing them aloud, she was beginning to think she liked Option Two better, after all. So, she did pronounce it like "laugh" and "taffy," but now she thinks she might change that. Make sense?

As for my accent, it's a fairly generic american one. According to a linguist friend, I'm reasonably close to what's considered "US Standard." It's not excatly unaccented (since, really, there is no such thing), but it's not particularly representative of any area (other than, perhaps, the central region of the east coast).

As for Lana... I don't actually have a preference.

I usually pronounce the "La" as in the musical note, so that it rhymes with "na." "La-na."

There's another version, though, where the first A is pronounced as in "apple." "Laa-na." (I guess, yeah, that would rhyme with "tan-a.") I've heard that often enough that I don't mind (or even really notice) it.

I'm not sure what you guys mean by "Lawna." I can only imagine hearing that from a Boston native...

Anyway, thanks for the responses and votes so far. The thread has been intresting, and it's nice to see Option One making at least something of a comeback in the polls.

Paul

I'd say WAFF as in "waffles." It's just the way I've always said it. I was actually suprised to find that there were people who pronounced it differently.

It's interesting about LAFF, though. I do say it to rhyme with "laugh," but the thing is, the way I pronounce "laugh" isn't how most Americans would. I say it the British way -- with a long Aah sound. (Sorry, too lazy to hunt down phonetics

I'm with you, Sara. I pronounce it way-fee!

Julie

This made me realise that I probably pronounce "waffles" the wrong way

Well . . .

In Smallville and Superman II, it's "La-na," while Clark in L&C says Lana like "banana" sometimes and either he or other characters say "La-na" other times (going by "Tempus Anyone?" here). I think it's all just a matter of "I say po-tay-toe, you say po-tah-toe."

Me? I've always preferred "La-na" myself--Lana like "banana" always sounded really nasal and annoying to me.

As it's just one step away from my name, I pronounce Lana the way I do pronounce mine

So, it's La-Na with two waffle-a

Bye,

Ja-Na
(whose name is always pronounced banana-like by all Americans )

How do people pronounce NFic? I have always said NicFic. When I went to LAFF I said that to someone and they had no idea what I was talking about.

I say it as "N. Fic" or possibly "N-Fic" No extra "ic" required. Not like there's an "ic" in any of the possible things that the N stands for...

Paul

I also say it as n. fic.

jd

Option 1. Until I stumbled across the poll, it never crossed my mind that there could be any kind of alternative.

Incidentally, for me Option 1 does not rhyme with 'laugh' -- or, exaggerating a little here, perhaps I should say 'larf', as in 'You're 'aving a larf, ain't ya?'.

LAFF doesn't rhyme with 'laugh', either. LAFF rhymes with WAFF.

Just so you know, I don't have a northern twang when I speak English, no matter than I haven't lived in the south of England for... wow. Quite a long time.

Paul, you have a beautiful voice. I'll listen to any audio fics you read!

Chris

NicFic? Where did the first "ic" come from? In my mind I pronounce it "N <brief pause> Fic". Chris, I promise I didn't think you were a Geordie.

With my accent it all sounds the same.