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Help[Opinions] Emori?
In the TV show, The 100, there's a character called 'em-MOOR-ree', emphasis on the second syllable. The sound of it is growing on me.
How would you expect it to be spelt if you heard this name?
I feel like Emery, Emory and Emori(e) would all initially be pronounced 'EM-err-ree' like memory but without the first 'm'.
If I wanted the 'em-MOOR-ree' pronunciation, which spelling should I go with and do you think people would still struggle with saying it?
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How would you expect it to be spelt if you heard this name?
I feel like Emery, Emory and Emori(e) would all initially be pronounced 'EM-err-ree' like memory but without the first 'm'.
If I wanted the 'em-MOOR-ree' pronunciation, which spelling should I go with and do you think people would still struggle with saying it?
TIA
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I'd spell it Emouri or Emourie.
People would still misread it as Emery, but it looks the most to me like 'em-MOOR-ree."
I don't make an OO sound unless I see a U or a double-O. Maybe by MOOR you mean MORE? I guess there is some difference in how English and Americans read the word moor. I say it with an oo like in boorish, not like the word more. But I know some say moor as more, so ... if that's what you mean ... then maybe an O would do.
Doubling a consonant might make some of us shift the emphasis to the middle.
Emorry, Emorrie
Emourry?
Hm, but I really think that it's similar enough to Emery and Emory, that you'd still have to teach the pronunciation to a great majority of people. If you like invented names, though, you accept that's part of the package and not such a big deal.
People would still misread it as Emery, but it looks the most to me like 'em-MOOR-ree."
I don't make an OO sound unless I see a U or a double-O. Maybe by MOOR you mean MORE? I guess there is some difference in how English and Americans read the word moor. I say it with an oo like in boorish, not like the word more. But I know some say moor as more, so ... if that's what you mean ... then maybe an O would do.
Doubling a consonant might make some of us shift the emphasis to the middle.
Emorry, Emorrie
Emourry?
Hm, but I really think that it's similar enough to Emery and Emory, that you'd still have to teach the pronunciation to a great majority of people. If you like invented names, though, you accept that's part of the package and not such a big deal.
This message was edited 1/13/2019, 11:00 AM
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My first thought was 'emoji'. I don't like it. For em-MOOR-ree I would go with Emoorie, I guess? But I dislike it. Emery is much better.
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If I heard it, I would expect Amori. Emori looks like an alternate spelling for Emery/Emory.
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Amori or Amaury
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