How do you pronounce Ayn Rand?

vf142rex · Post by **vf142rex** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:09 am

I was involved in an interesting philisophical discussion the other day, when someone mentioned that his favorite philosopher was "Ah-yin" (one syllable) Rand. Now, I was under the impression that it was pronounced 'Anne'. Have I been wrong? Also, what philosophy did she give birth to? I could have sworn it was objectivism.

dough · Post by **dough** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:21 am

It's not "Anne", it's "Ah-yin".

GunnyP · Post by **GunnyP** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:35 am

dough wrote:It's not "Anne", it's "Ah-yin".

She is from Russia

Shazam0 · Post by **Shazam0** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:46 am

lmao. i always pronounced it EE-anne. like a feminized pronounciation of the male name Ean.