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In response to "Because i pronouce Andrea like "Ondray-ah" i want to be call "onnnn-dee"." by Andie

"Mara" is short for "Marilyn" so the As have to be pronounced the same. -- nm

Posted by mara Aug 11 '10, 12:45

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I'm asking samara for a second opinion -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 12:51
oh, Mare-ah actually makes sense to me. (rhymes with Sarah.) - Andie Aug 11, 12:47 35
- In what world does MARE-ah ryhme with Sarah? (nM) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:47 31
  - You don't pronounce "mare" like the first syllable of Sara? -- nm - mara Aug 11, 12:52 1
    - nope -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:55
  - Mare? Like a horse? Saire-ah. Maire-ah. Like Claire. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:50 10
    - This. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:55 9
      - Which contradicts your own post. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 12:56
      - riiiight. but that's what you are arguing against. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:56 7
        
        No, I'm saying Mare is wrong, *because* it rhymes with Claire. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:58 6
        
        Which is not what Jax is saying. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:00 5
        
        I pronounce mare (horse) like Claire. - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:03 1
        
        bah. disregard the IM. - JaxSean Aug 11, 13:04
        
        Taken in conjuction with this post, I think that is what he's saying. (link) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:02 [Backboard] 2
        
        are you argueing that Mara is 'mah-rah' or that Mare-ah doesn't rhyme with Sarah? Two different points. - Andie Aug 11, 13:03 1
        
        Both! - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:04
  - Seems like a softer "a" to me. Regardless, because it's still "mah-rah". (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:50
  - how on EARTH do you say "sarah." -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:49 15
    - Sah-rah. Mare has the long a sound. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:52 14
      - Wait. That's not right either, it's not "Sah-rah", but it's not "Mare-ah" either. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:54 1
        
        I think we've discovered the root of your spelling problems. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 12:56
      - yes, and that's how normal people say Sarah. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:54 11
        
        mare = long a, like "say" or "bay". The "sar" in Sarah has an shorter "a" sound, like "map" or "bat". (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 12:57 10
        
        For example a nightMARE, does not have the Sarah sound. (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:00 7
        
        You've just blown any pronunciation cred you had. Totally gone. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:05
        
        Wow. It *so* does the way I've always heard both pronounced. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:03
        
        but see, it does. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:01 4
        
        You pronounce "Sarah" as "SAY-rah"? (nm) - musubi, pronounciation guide Aug 11, 13:03 3
        
        Nobody said it was like "say." We said it was like "mare." -- nm - mara Aug 11, 13:07
        
        No, both rhyme with dare or pair or care or fair or fare. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 13:06
        
        not SAY-ra, but Sare-ah. it's still a long A sound. (sare rhymes with mare, air, fair.) -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:04
        
        I've never heard it pronounced that way. I'm not even sure I *can* pronounce it that way. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 12:58
        
        maybe in your world. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 12:58
  - Earth. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:48
- that's how I've always pronounced it. -- nm - Callisto Aug 11, 12:47 1
  - right. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 11, 12:48
- everyone is taking crazy pills. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:47
right. mah-rah. -- nm - TFox Aug 11, 12:47
No. You're mar, like bar, -a. - JaxSean Aug 11, 12:47

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