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[Opinions] Lyra pronunciation

by stephanie85

1/25/2016, 4:38 AM

I love the name Lyra, but when I first heard it, it was pronounced LEER-uh. I then found out that LY-ruh is technically the correct pronunciation, but I'm just not as in love with that as the way I first heard it.

What do you think? Is it the kind of name where it's pronounced multiple ways, and I could get away with it or not?

#pronunciation

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- earthnut

1/26/2016, 12:58 PM

I love it, but the ambiguity of pronunciation is a big reason I didn't use it. I can't even decide which pronunciation I like better.

- Gracie (YMPvt)

1/25/2016, 7:10 PM

Lee-ra is even listed as a pronunciation in the name on this site. I don't think that it would be a huge difficulty to get people to use that pronunciation. I actually think it's probably more accurate to the Greek constellation name the origin is attributed to.

- Elena

1/25/2016, 6:31 PM

Lyra is the name of my new grandkitty. We pronounce it LEER-uh. I've only heard this pronunciation. Even if you did encounter a person here or there who used the long i pronunciation (hate that, btw), LEER-uh is definitely doable.

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- BookEm'Danno (guest)

1/25/2016, 3:54 PM

It's Ly-ruh

Very lovely name BTW (:

- TheArtemisMoon

1/25/2016, 2:22 PM

I'm not a fan of it, but I would prefer it pronounced as LEER-uh.

- Yekristiniana

1/25/2016, 1:52 PM

I say LEER-uh

- NobodyOfConsequence

1/25/2016, 1:42 PM

I would never pronounce Lyra any other way than LY-ruh unless I was told differently.

- Caprice

1/25/2016, 11:31 AM

In Swedish it's pronounced more or less like LEER-uh, so that's the pronounciation I prefer. LY-ruh makes me think of the word "liar".

- number1212

1/25/2016, 10:35 AM

I have only heard it as "lie-ruh". I think you can get away with "leer-uh", but it would probably be better if you spell it Lira.

- mirfak

1/25/2016, 9:34 AM

Yeah, you can pronounce it as you like.
People adapt. I know a Leah "LAY-uh" ... she is often annoyed by mistakes but it's not a disaster, you just correct people. I think that one is harder to deal with than Lyra "LEER-a" would be.

- Loads of Randomness

1/25/2016, 7:48 AM

Personally I wasn't aware that you could pronounce in a way different than LY-rah/ruh. If it's pronounced multiple different ways where you live I think you could get away with it

- Myosotis

1/25/2016, 6:18 AM

I say LIE-rə and always thought it was pronounced like that because of The Golden Compass, but once I got into names I heard there was LEER-ə too. I'm not a big fan of it (I think it's the leer sound), but I guess it could work, it seems to be a known pronunciation, although I feel like Lira is more likely to get to it.

- Felie

1/25/2016, 5:24 AM

Hi !!!

I'm Italian so I pronounce it as LEE-rah because of its Greek-Latin origin.

And another thing..
In Italy 'lira' is the ancient instrument but also the previous Italian currency replaced by Euro. XD

Byeeeee

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

1/25/2016, 4:41 AM

Well, it's possible to pronounce it both ways. And since it's a Greek/Latin name to start with, Lee-rah makes more sense than Lay-rah.

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