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Help[Opinions] Re: Emori?
in reply to a message by Millie
I'd spell it Emouri or Emourie.
People would still misread it as Emery, but it looks the most to me like 'em-MOOR-ree."
I don't make an OO sound unless I see a U or a double-O. Maybe by MOOR you mean MORE? I guess there is some difference in how English and Americans read the word moor. I say it with an oo like in boorish, not like the word more. But I know some say moor as more, so ... if that's what you mean ... then maybe an O would do.
Doubling a consonant might make some of us shift the emphasis to the middle.
Emorry, Emorrie
Emourry?
Hm, but I really think that it's similar enough to Emery and Emory, that you'd still have to teach the pronunciation to a great majority of people. If you like invented names, though, you accept that's part of the package and not such a big deal.
- mirfak
People would still misread it as Emery, but it looks the most to me like 'em-MOOR-ree."
I don't make an OO sound unless I see a U or a double-O. Maybe by MOOR you mean MORE? I guess there is some difference in how English and Americans read the word moor. I say it with an oo like in boorish, not like the word more. But I know some say moor as more, so ... if that's what you mean ... then maybe an O would do.
Doubling a consonant might make some of us shift the emphasis to the middle.
Emorry, Emorrie
Emourry?
Hm, but I really think that it's similar enough to Emery and Emory, that you'd still have to teach the pronunciation to a great majority of people. If you like invented names, though, you accept that's part of the package and not such a big deal.
- mirfak
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