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The nn for Tamara here is Tammy, and imo that's because Tam- is the dominant syllable. With Tamara prn your way, the dominant syllable being -mar-, I'd be willing to be the nn would be Mary, at least here. What is the nn for Tamara in BC?
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I'm not sure what the nn would be here because none of the Tamaras I know go by nicknames. Samara goes by Mara though (prn MARE-a.)On the page http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tamara, they show an IPA example of how Tamara is pronounced. I've no idea how to read that properly, so I went here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_English and got this from it:The upside down "e" = about
The "e" that looks like a reversed 3 = bed
The upside down "r" = run, veryWhich... if I'm doing this right (?)... I think comes out to how I was saying it before. Or does it? I'm not good at this kind of thing! Maybe some other Canadians could post how they pronounce it? Anywho, I'm sure the name varies from area to area, so both are correct to each area. =DAnother interesting thing:
My mom's name is Nicola but she pronounces it ni-COLA, not NICK-o-la. But that's not a BC thing, that's an individual thing. She just thinks that since the word "cola" is in there, she should be pronouncing it like the word.
EDIT: Gah! The symbols aren't showing up! Oh well, if you click on the links you'll be able to see what I mean.

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Where I am...I'm from Ontario, Canada and I also pronounce it ta-MARE-ah. I know several and a few do use the nickname Tammy. I don't think I know any Tamaras who use a different nickname. I have met an American called Tamra (TAM-ra), but that's the only experience I've had that's close to TAM-ar-ah.
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yeah, actuallytwo of the three Tamara's I know prn it in a condensed, Tamra-esque way. Probably all our Texan accents. :-)
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