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Help[Opinions] Re: pronounciation of names
in reply to a message by mum2bubba
Kara - KAH-rah (can't stand it pronounced KAIR-rah, it sounds ugly IMO)
Elvira - el-VEE-rah
Tamara - tuh-MAH-rah
~Louise x
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So... let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the king of the potato people and you're telling me you're completely sane?
Elvira - el-VEE-rah
Tamara - tuh-MAH-rah
~Louise x
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Me too
Obviously our Swedish pronounciation is closer to the British pronouciation here.
Besides, to me Cara or Kara is Italian, Elvira Spanish and Tamara Russian. And I am certain that Italians don't pronounca Cara as "care-a" and Spaniards not Elvira as "el-vye-ra".
But nowadays we just have to ask a person how she pronounces her name; international names have different pronounciations in different countries.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Obviously our Swedish pronounciation is closer to the British pronouciation here.
Besides, to me Cara or Kara is Italian, Elvira Spanish and Tamara Russian. And I am certain that Italians don't pronounca Cara as "care-a" and Spaniards not Elvira as "el-vye-ra".
But nowadays we just have to ask a person how she pronounces her name; international names have different pronounciations in different countries.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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