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Help[Opinions] Ay?
Hey all,
When people are talking over how they'd pronounce a name and they use "AY" as a means of description for pronunciation - I think it's a 50/50 Split as to how people are reading this, so it's not the greatest way to phonically spell a pronunciation.
Is AY to you a long A sound as in HAY, or like literally saying the letter 'I', and is how AYE - means yes in old english and is said as "I"?
How would you pronounce:
Ayla
and
Aela?
Thanks
When people are talking over how they'd pronounce a name and they use "AY" as a means of description for pronunciation - I think it's a 50/50 Split as to how people are reading this, so it's not the greatest way to phonically spell a pronunciation.
Is AY to you a long A sound as in HAY, or like literally saying the letter 'I', and is how AYE - means yes in old english and is said as "I"?
How would you pronounce:
Ayla
and
Aela?
Thanks
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They are pronounced the same way. Ayy-luh not I-luh.
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Yes, Ayla & Ayse are Turkish, pronunciation like the Ai-sound in Aisha
Aela, the same pronunciation as in Daniela, Raffaela, Manuela & Michaela (Ah-eh-la)
Aela, the same pronunciation as in Daniela, Raffaela, Manuela & Michaela (Ah-eh-la)
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The one that strikes me as a worse description than AY is AW which is pronounced completely differently in the UK and the US (like AH or OR without a rolled r)
I would pronounce both of those names to rhyme with HAY
I would pronounce both of those names to rhyme with HAY
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Totally agree about AW. I know it's probably too much work for Mike to change the whole database, but IPA would definitely be easier.
When I first got here and was a lot less familiar with the foreign speeches, I was often thrown by stuff like this:
Given Name JOHN
PRONOUNCED: JAHN (English)
When I first got here and was a lot less familiar with the foreign speeches, I was often thrown by stuff like this:
Given Name JOHN
PRONOUNCED: JAHN (English)
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Haha, the one that first threw me was Robert! I was thinking who on earth says Rah-bert?! But then saying it like that made me realise it was an American accent. :-)
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I always assume Ay when written as phonetic pronunciation guide is to be said like hay or stray. If I want to convey the long i sound I usually do "eye" or like that.
Ayla is pronounced like Kayla and Layla. Long a sound. I know this because I read "The Clan of the Cave Bear" and the main character is named Ayla, and it's explained how the name sounds to the Neanderthal people who adopt her.
I guess I'd say Aela the same way.
Ayla is pronounced like Kayla and Layla. Long a sound. I know this because I read "The Clan of the Cave Bear" and the main character is named Ayla, and it's explained how the name sounds to the Neanderthal people who adopt her.
I guess I'd say Aela the same way.
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I've read every one of those books.
The last one, my daughter=in-law said"too many caves!" And perhaps there was, but I still loved them
I can't figure out how a spear-thrower works, though. Luckily I don't need to know.
The last one, my daughter=in-law said"too many caves!" And perhaps there was, but I still loved them
I can't figure out how a spear-thrower works, though. Luckily I don't need to know.
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I really enjoyed "Clan of the Cave Bear" but could not finish the next in the series. It was years and years ago, so maybe I'll try it again and it will grow on me.
I finished "Forever Amber" recently, which was extremely long and a very obvious ripoff of Gone with the Wind, and I thought I hated it (mainly because of the almost totally unsympathetic main character) but after I was done with it for a little while it has begun to grow on me.
I finished "Forever Amber" recently, which was extremely long and a very obvious ripoff of Gone with the Wind, and I thought I hated it (mainly because of the almost totally unsympathetic main character) but after I was done with it for a little while it has begun to grow on me.
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To me AY is like HAY, and EYE would be like the letter I. I don't really know how else the AY sound would be written, except maybe EY, which I feel is even more easily confused.
Instictively I would say both as AY-luh, unless told otherwise.
Instictively I would say both as AY-luh, unless told otherwise.
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AY in English is usually the sound in may and say and play: [eɪ̯]
But I know Ayla is Turkish, so I'd pronounce its first syllable with an igh sound, as in sigh: [aɪ̯]
Aela doesn't appear to have a clear origin, so I wouldn't be sure and I'd ask the person with the name. But I'd assume [aɪ̯]
But I know Ayla is Turkish, so I'd pronounce its first syllable with an igh sound, as in sigh: [aɪ̯]
Aela doesn't appear to have a clear origin, so I wouldn't be sure and I'd ask the person with the name. But I'd assume [aɪ̯]
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I instinctively pronounce 'ay' (when it's by itself or at the beginning of a word) like 'aye'.
Ayla - 1st guess: like Isla, 2nd guess: A-la (like the 'ay' in hay). I'd assume I-la unless corrected.
Aela - 1st guess: A-la, 2nd guess: E-la, Other guesses: Isla, A-el-ah, Ella. 'Ae' confuses me at the beginning of names. I'd ask how they pronounced it.
Ayla - 1st guess: like Isla, 2nd guess: A-la (like the 'ay' in hay). I'd assume I-la unless corrected.
Aela - 1st guess: A-la, 2nd guess: E-la, Other guesses: Isla, A-el-ah, Ella. 'Ae' confuses me at the beginning of names. I'd ask how they pronounced it.
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to me, ay = sound in hay.
I'm not familiar with those names, so I'd be seeking clarity on pronunciation before I made an attempt.
I'm not familiar with those names, so I'd be seeking clarity on pronunciation before I made an attempt.
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