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[Opinions] And since when - in an exteremly multiculutral country -

by Siri (guest)

3/27/2008, 5:24 PM

Is the English pronunciation the correct one? I find that incredibly hard to swallow. How do you pronounce Anthony? I suspect it's with an H, which isn't the "English" pronunciation. And how do you pronounce Maria? Unless it's ma-RYE-a you're not using the correct "English" pronunciation. And as someone who is supposedly from DC I find it even funnier - DC is by far the most multi-culturally city in the US. You would never get Mira because it really isn't an "English" city - it's an American city and American's language is far, far different than English merely because we're such an international country!

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- -=A=- (Avgvst)

3/27/2008, 6:36 PM

I'm not saying that the English pronunciation is the correct one, just, in my opinion, the most alluring.

- -=A=- (Avgvst) +3

3/27/2008, 5:31 PM

How would you spell MIE-ruh without a y (I really just HATE the y is all)?

- Lillian (LillianAMS) +2

3/27/2008, 6:31 PM

Could Maira work?

- -=A=- (Avgvst) +1

3/27/2008, 6:38 PM

Hmmm. That one looks like MAY-ruh. A different sound all-together. I just don't see why Mira (MIE-ruh) is so inconceivable to some.

- Ariel (ArielleirA)

3/27/2008, 11:17 PM

I'd pronounce Maira MIE-ra.

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