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[Opinions] Re: Mispronunciations on real people...
by Llewella (penguiny7)
3/31/2011, 3:48 PM
in reply to a message by Ceridwen
Every Madeline I've ever known pronounces it that way. In English I think that's an acceptable pronunciation.And Tara I've never ever heard pronounced TAHR-ah, and Tara is a common name. I've only ever heard TER-uh. I think TAHR-ah is a British thing. Like Sara not being the same as Sarah.

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- Speranza
3/31/2011, 4:15 PM
Tahr-ah is the way it's said here too. TER-ah sounds odd to me when I hear it.
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- Dracotorix   +2
3/31/2011, 3:53 PM
The difference between Sara/Sarah is British? I'm American and I always assume that Sarah is SAYR-uh and Sara is SAH-ra (but then again, I haven't actually met any American Saras.)
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- Esyllt (fishl_x)
4/1/2011, 2:07 PM
That's really weird for me to think about. Where I'm from they're both pronounced the same (SAYR-uh).
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- Llewella (penguiny7)
4/1/2011, 3:44 AM
That's what the general consensus seemed to be when it came up on this board once before. I say Sara as SAH-ra in my head because I really like that pronunciation (makes me think of A Little Princess), but I've known plenty of Saras and they all said it like Sarah. (I'm really surprised you've never met a Sara! It ranked in the 20s-30s for most of the 70s and 80s, and hasn't been out of the top 100 until 2009.)

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