[Opinions] Viola
I love Viola (Vye-la) but would people say Vee-O-la all the time? I wouldn't want her name mispronounced all the time.
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I thought it was pronounced Vee-O-lah; that's how the name was pronounced when I was growing up. Do people pronounce it as Vye-lah, now? That's prettier.
I've always heard it VYE-o-la. In the Shakespeare play my teacher pronounced it that way as well.
I'm around the same age as you, and I'd always heard it pronounced as Vie Oh lah, more sounding like Violin
Viola is pronounced 'vee-OH-lah' or 'vye-OH-lah', so yes, people would probably pronounce it wrong if you say it differently.
Well I pronounce it Vye-Oh-lah but I skim over the Oh part..you can still hear it but it's not as big as the pronunciation makes it look.
That's how I pronounce it too
More like VYE-o-lah, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It's how my great-grandmother pronounced her name, and I had an English prof. who pronounced the Shakespeare character the same.
I think you might get different pronunciations the first time someone says it out loud, but once they hear the correct pronunciation, they'll catch on. I think you'll probably get a split between VIE-oh-lah and Vye-OH-lah (I always envision this pronunciation as a drawling, sort of Southern accent).
More like VYE-o-lah, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It's how my great-grandmother pronounced her name, and I had an English prof. who pronounced the Shakespeare character the same.
I think you might get different pronunciations the first time someone says it out loud, but once they hear the correct pronunciation, they'll catch on. I think you'll probably get a split between VIE-oh-lah and Vye-OH-lah (I always envision this pronunciation as a drawling, sort of Southern accent).
Me too (VIE-o-la)