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Help[Opinions] Pronounciation: Alister/Alistair and Maya
Do you pronounce Alister and Alistair the same or differently? I pronounce each name differently; Alister is "AH-lih-stuh" and Alistair is "ah-lih-STAIR". Is this the correct pronounciation, or am I saying to too...urm...phonetically?
Regarding Maya; I know a girl at college called Maya, and while she pronounces it "MY-ah", I say "MAY-ah". She's Indian (although born and raised in Britain, so it's not an accent thing or anything). How do you say the name?
"You've become quite a stud."
"And...you're the most stylin' girl in the world."
Regarding Maya; I know a girl at college called Maya, and while she pronounces it "MY-ah", I say "MAY-ah". She's Indian (although born and raised in Britain, so it's not an accent thing or anything). How do you say the name?
"You've become quite a stud."
"And...you're the most stylin' girl in the world."
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I pronounce Alister and Alistair (and also Alastair and Alasdair) all as AL-uh-stuh.
Maya I pronounce as MAY-ah but that's for more personal reasons, I like the MAY-ah, MIE-ah and MEE-ah pronunciations so I use MAY-ah = Maya, MIE-ah = Maia and MEE-ah = Mia so I can use all three. Makes sense in my head :)
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Maya I pronounce as MAY-ah but that's for more personal reasons, I like the MAY-ah, MIE-ah and MEE-ah pronunciations so I use MAY-ah = Maya, MIE-ah = Maia and MEE-ah = Mia so I can use all three. Makes sense in my head :)
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I pronounce Alister and Alistair almost identically. I think if I met an Alistair I might prn the end like "stair" the first couple times I said it but it wouldn't take long for me to slur it into "stir."
I never know how to pronounce Maya. My first thought is MY-uh because I've met a couple Mayas and that's how they pronounced it, but I think MAY-uh makes sense too.
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I never know how to pronounce Maya. My first thought is MY-uh because I've met a couple Mayas and that's how they pronounced it, but I think MAY-uh makes sense too.
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I pronunce Alister and Alistair the same way you do--and with Alastor, I always say ah-LASS-ter, lol.
Maya, I pronunce MY-ah because I think of the Mayan people when I see it. MAY-ah makes sense, too, though it'd get a lot of mispronunciations.
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Maya, I pronunce MY-ah because I think of the Mayan people when I see it. MAY-ah makes sense, too, though it'd get a lot of mispronunciations.
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O come, all ye Grateful
Deadheads to the concert.
O come, Grateful Deadheads,
And camp in the street.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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