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[Opinions] Elmira
by -=A=- (Avgvst)
3/27/2008, 5:12 PM
in reply to a message by Julia
Then how do you explain the pronunciations of Elmira as el-MIE-ruh, such as the city in New York State, and my family's pronunciation of Elmira?
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Mira or Myra  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 1:02 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Elena  ·  3/28/2008, 8:59 AM
•Another thing to ponder  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 6:32 PM
•Re: Another thing to ponder  ·  mirfak  ·  3/27/2008, 11:56 PM
•tritto(nt)  ·  causegirl  ·  3/27/2008, 8:33 PM
•EYE-rah /nt  ·  Lillian  ·  3/27/2008, 6:36 PM
•ditto (nt)  ·  Kate  ·  3/27/2008, 8:08 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Array  ·  3/27/2008, 6:29 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Octavia  ·  3/27/2008, 4:00 PM
•Are you asking us about Mira or Myra?  ·  Fer  ·  3/27/2008, 2:51 PM
•Unnecessary roughness on the field. Five yard penalty.  ·  Bear  ·  3/27/2008, 3:10 PM
•As a recent convert  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 3:12 PM
•Re: As a recent convert  ·  Bear  ·  3/27/2008, 3:24 PM
•Re: As a recent convert  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 3:28 PM
•It's an idiomatic expression.  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 3:34 PM
•That wasn't her point, though.  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 3:26 PM
•Re: Are you asking us about Mira or Myra?  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 3:06 PM
•She didn't suggest that you did.  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 3:13 PM
•Re: She didn't suggest that you did.  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 3:21 PM
•Ugh.  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 3:30 PM
•Re: Ugh.  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 3:34 PM
•ROFLOL...Can we say "ironic"? nt  ·  Julia  ·  3/27/2008, 5:03 PM
•Re: Ugh.  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 3:35 PM
•Re: Ugh.  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 6:42 PM
•ROFL  ·  Chrisell  ·  3/28/2008, 2:02 AM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  raindancing  ·  3/27/2008, 2:38 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Ciarda  ·  3/27/2008, 2:16 PM
•How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 1:40 PM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  Kate  ·  3/27/2008, 2:35 PM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 2:40 PM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  orchid  ·  3/28/2008, 10:09 AM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/28/2008, 12:18 PM
•Please go read the rules once more. (m)  ·  Ariel  ·  3/27/2008, 9:53 PM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  Kate  ·  3/27/2008, 3:23 PM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 3:25 PM
•Ever seen Young Frankenstein?  ·  Akua Topaz  ·  3/27/2008, 5:17 PM
•Re: Ever seen Young Frankenstein?  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 5:26 PM
•Maria/Mariah  ·  Octavia  ·  3/27/2008, 5:23 PM
•Re: Maria/Mariah  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 5:29 PM
•Sorry about that, thanks for the correction :) nt  ·  Akua Topaz  ·  3/27/2008, 5:28 PM
•Re: How do you feel about Mirah?  ·  Kate  ·  3/27/2008, 3:27 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Bear  ·  3/27/2008, 1:16 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  jeziana  ·  3/27/2008, 1:14 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 1:19 PM
•Yeah I wasn't expecting it to, but I didn't know how famous the case was...  ·  jeziana  ·  3/27/2008, 1:22 PM
•Re: Yeah I wasn't expecting it to, but I didn't know how famous the case was...  ·  Bear  ·  3/27/2008, 1:36 PM
•MEER-a? No. That's not it.  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 1:13 PM
•My niece is Mira.  ·  Siri  ·  3/27/2008, 3:38 PM
•Re: My niece is Mira.  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 3:42 PM
•And since when - in an exteremly multiculutral country -  ·  Siri  ·  3/27/2008, 5:24 PM
•Re: And since when - in an exteremly multiculutral country -  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 6:36 PM
•Re: And since when - in an exteremly multiculutral country -  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 5:31 PM
•Could Maira work? /nt  ·  Lillian  ·  3/27/2008, 6:31 PM
•Re: Could Maira work? /nt  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 6:38 PM
•I'd pronounce Maira MIE-ra. n/t  ·  Ariel  ·  3/27/2008, 11:17 PM
•Huh?  ·  Julia  ·  3/27/2008, 5:01 PM
•Elmira is el-MY-ra  ·  Siri  ·  3/27/2008, 5:27 PM
•Really? (m)  ·  Julia  ·  3/27/2008, 6:27 PM
•At least in my area.  ·  Siri  ·  3/27/2008, 7:00 PM
•Re: At least in my area.  ·  Julia  ·  3/27/2008, 7:44 PM
•It's not regional, it's the way things were done in the past  ·  Siri  ·  3/28/2008, 12:10 AM
•Ah (m)  ·  Julia  ·  3/28/2008, 3:05 PM
•Me either.  ·  Schezar  ·  3/27/2008, 8:43 PM
•Re: At least in my area.  ·  Melissa  ·  3/27/2008, 7:50 PM
•Elmira  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 5:12 PM
•Re: Elmira  ·  Melissa  ·  3/27/2008, 7:04 PM
•It's el-MIE-rah in Texas too  ·  Lillian  ·  3/27/2008, 6:35 PM
•Re: It's el-MIE-rah in Texas too  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 6:52 PM
•See my reply to Siri, sorry! nt  ·  Julia  ·  3/27/2008, 6:27 PM
•Ditto, that was completely uncalled for, -=A=-. nt  ·  Akua Topaz  ·  3/27/2008, 5:08 PM
•Re: Ditto, that was completely uncalled for, -=A=-. nt  ·  -=A=-  ·  3/27/2008, 5:14 PM
•Re: Ditto, that was completely uncalled for, -=A=-. nt  ·  Akua Topaz  ·  3/27/2008, 5:21 PM
•LMAO! Good one! nt  ·  Julia  ·  3/27/2008, 6:28 PM
•Mira  ·  penguiny7  ·  3/27/2008, 2:43 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  xPrincess27x  ·  3/27/2008, 1:09 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Lael  ·  3/27/2008, 1:09 PM
•Re: Mira or Myra  ·  Kate  ·  3/27/2008, 1:09 PM