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Help[Opinions] Re: Dara and Cara
in reply to a message by mirfak
I like Dara, but I really want to say "DARR-uh" (like Daria, without the i). Which in itself is odd, since I'm Canadian and we say the first syllable of Sarah/Sara, Clara, Lara, and Tara to rhyme with "share". But there's something exotic about Dara that makes me want to treat it like Mara, which rhymes with "star". One of my friends has a cousin Tara that they say like British people, "TARR-uh", and it's SO WEIRD to hear/say it that way. I mean, I enjoy it, but it feels kind of unnatural.
I also enjoy Dareth, which seems like a totally awesome way to honour Darth Vader on a girl.
Cara is ok - I have a second cousin named Kara, so it's familiar to me. I definitely prefer the Cara spelling. We say it "kair-uh" - same pronunciation for both spellings.
I also enjoy Dareth, which seems like a totally awesome way to honour Darth Vader on a girl.
Cara is ok - I have a second cousin named Kara, so it's familiar to me. I definitely prefer the Cara spelling. We say it "kair-uh" - same pronunciation for both spellings.
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Darth Vader, lol.
I knew a Californian woman in the early 90s who had a young daughter named Dareth. It's a 70s style hippie name, is my impression - along the lines of Dusty or Tangela or Venus, but new-age-ier. She had some explanation of its meaning and origin that I can't remember, but she believed it was an old and rare name, as far as I could tell.
I have trouble with TAR-a / TAIR-a too. I get used to one, and then meet someone who's the other, and screw it up. A Tara I know (pron. Terra) said that when she went to England, people teased her when she introduced herself. They'd laugh and say "Oh, like a 'little terror'?"
I knew a Californian woman in the early 90s who had a young daughter named Dareth. It's a 70s style hippie name, is my impression - along the lines of Dusty or Tangela or Venus, but new-age-ier. She had some explanation of its meaning and origin that I can't remember, but she believed it was an old and rare name, as far as I could tell.
I have trouble with TAR-a / TAIR-a too. I get used to one, and then meet someone who's the other, and screw it up. A Tara I know (pron. Terra) said that when she went to England, people teased her when she introduced herself. They'd laugh and say "Oh, like a 'little terror'?"
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