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[Opinions] Pronunciation of Bella
How do you pronounce Bella ? Do you say it with a short first syllable as in BEL-la (rhymes with fella hehe) or do you say it with a longer first syllable as in BEH-la or BAY-la ? I watched a TV documentary and a little girl from California who went to Texas for a beauty pageant was named Bella (I saw it written down so i know it wasn't Bayla or something) and they pronounced it BEH-la or BAY-la. I thought that was so weird. It is definitely BEL-la in Italian (i went to Italy and had guys yelling ciao bella so i know how it is supposed to sound). i thought it was only them but also in texas everybody who read it said BEH-la or BAY-la.how do you say it ?do you like it as a full name ? i dislike it and also think it's way too common cause it is used as a nickname for isabella, isabelle, annabel, annabella etc
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Pronunciation of Bella  ·  Lily8  ·  11/2/2008, 5:22 AM
BELL-ah. nt  ·  Pink Princess  ·  11/2/2008, 8:30 PM
BE-lah. nt.  ·  ericita  ·  11/2/2008, 8:48 AM
BELL-uh and . . .  ·  Genevieve  ·  11/2/2008, 7:24 AM
Re: BELL-uh and . . .  ·  Lily8  ·  11/2/2008, 7:32 AM
Re: BELL-uh and . . .  ·  Genevieve  ·  11/2/2008, 9:46 AM
Re: BELL-uh and . . .  ·  Lily8  ·  11/2/2008, 9:48 AM
BELL-ah rhymes with fella..  ·  Andromache  ·  11/2/2008, 6:29 AM
BEL-la (nt)  ·  Emilie007  ·  11/2/2008, 6:14 AM
BELL-uh (m)  ·  Aileen  ·  11/2/2008, 5:32 AM
Ditto.  ·  Schezar  ·  11/2/2008, 9:30 AM