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[Opinions] Re: Hey
by Delphi_Blue
8/31/2011, 7:30 AM
in reply to a message by abbasdaughter
maybe if you are using the -rye prn. But my name is -ray, and I think if you was it with -ray in the middle then it doesn't sound anything like it. I can see -rye making you think Psoriasis.
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- abbasdaughter   +3
8/31/2011, 9:21 AM
That would def. make some difference... spelling makes it ambiguous though.
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- Delphi_Blue   +2
8/31/2011, 11:42 AM
ray = ray *shrugs*I can see rye for Sariah, but I don't get it for Soraya or Saraya. But maybe thats just me.Alot of people here prn. my name as -rye too. Naima, Line and Anissa's dad STILL does it, after 7 months. I can't stand the -rye prn.
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- abbasdaughter
8/31/2011, 9:06 PM
Perhaps if the y were replaced w/ an i...Then it would at least be clear that it's a vowel sound, though whether it's 1 vowel sound or the other could still be up in the air.
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- abbasdaughter
8/31/2011, 6:07 PM
It all depends on whether people treat the y as a vowel or a consonant... While y acts like a vowel in SOME languages, in others, it's only a consonant and there are many languages for which a is ALWAYS ah and NEVER ai/ay like in ate, so when it's a language one's not familiar with, one doesn't assume that a-y-vowel will be ay-vowel... it could be a-ya or a-yo... etc... so it's a REALLY easy mistake.

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- beethoven (blaaarg)
8/31/2011, 7:43 AM
Yeah I think most people use Rye here, because we have so many Spanish speakers.
Then again, what do I know.
But even though it sounds exactly like Psoriasis to my ear it doesn't bother me.
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