> Thus, when my family moved to where I live now, I decided to just go by Andrea (except at home, but my family doesn't burst into 'Tomorrow', so that's fine). Now the only problem I have is that people can't pronounce it properly.

I can't imagine you as an Annie. LOL. I guess I've just known you as Andrea for so long, it's grafted into my mind ;-)

> It's prounounced 'An-dreeah', but I tend to get 'An-drayAH' or even 'Ahn-drea'. I couldn't figure out why... but Monkeyman made a good suggestion that it was because of the San Andreas Fault ('An-dray-ahs'). Which makes sense... but it's still kind of annoying. :p

That second one- ahn-dray-AH - is probably the Spanish pronounciation. You'd get it a lot more if you moved to Visalia. :) At least my name isn't used (so far as I know) in Spain or Mexico, so people only pronounce it the "American" way.

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