my name-pun picture
My first name is often pronounced without the -h- and sounds like "Joanna."
In Australia, monitor lizards are called goanna. Which explains this pic for my blog. Also, I love Aboriginal painting.
"The Goanna features prominently in Aboriginal mythology and Australian folklore."
The Arabic equivalent of the letter j is ج jîm. In Egyptian dialect, this letter is pronounced as a velar plosive ("hard") /g/. So if my name were transliterated into Arabic like this: جوانّا - an Egyptian would read that as "Goanna."
In Australia, monitor lizards are called goanna. Which explains this pic for my blog. Also, I love Aboriginal painting.
"The Goanna features prominently in Aboriginal mythology and Australian folklore."
The Arabic equivalent of the letter j is ج jîm. In Egyptian dialect, this letter is pronounced as a velar plosive ("hard") /g/. So if my name were transliterated into Arabic like this: جوانّا - an Egyptian would read that as "Goanna."