I am fully merged, and my default is to say Sarah the way Miriam describes, with the vowel in 'air'. However, at least two of my Sarah friends growing up said Sarah with the "at" vowel, so I sometimes slip into that unintentionally. Ooh, even more complexity—I would not have thought of Sarah pronounced like "merry. Sari would be like "marry" for me as well as is Mari, for that matter, along with Marian, Marianne, Maribel and Marigold. I'm glad I'm not the only one who perceives Sarah and Sara differently, though.
Sarah with the a of father feels more like it's going for closer to a Hebrew vowel pronunciation, so that doesn't throw me. I'm quite sure that I could get the Spanish version, too, and I find the Spanish R easier than the French or Hebrew ones, even though I've been speaking those languages since the age of 2, or so.
The a from father in those names feels very American to me, though I know that Ontarians and other Canadians try it out when attempting to get the "marry" vowel into names like mine. They go between the first syllable of my name sounding like the nouns care and car, skipping everything in the middle.
I say parent like a merged person i. Go figure. I'm completely merged too, and I'd default to the vowel in "air" for both Sarah and Sara unless I was corrected to something else. I grew up in NY and pronounce it like the a in "marry.
I still pronounce it like that. I would have to think very hard to get myself to pronounce it any other way. Growing up, there were more Jennifers and Katherines of various spellings than Sarahs, though I still knew quite a few. Today, I know tons of Sarahs, several in my office alone. A quick scan of my FB friends shows that Sarah, Jessica, and Ashley pretty much tie for the most common girl names most of my friends are mid's. Sarah is also the most common name among my facebook friends.
Tons of Sarahs and Jennifers in my list, too. But weirdly, the biggest name for women I know is Probably why that name has no freshness for me anymore. They range in age from mids to teens. Search for a Name.
Baby Names Forum » Names and Society. Replies 1. By HungarianNameGeek. By EVie. By Elizabeth T. By Karyn. By Miriam.
By hyz. Well, for me, it's a complex question, actually. That one is also "marry" for me. By Emerald Bee. The pronunciation is simply determined by which country you're in or the origin, the spelling has in most cases nothing to do with it. I pronounce it more like Cara or Tara than Sarah.
I have a friend named Sara. She pronounces it SER-ah. I think it depends on where you're from to pronounce your name, because they get angry if you pronounce it the other way. And it is a beautiful name. Bless all that bear it. It's pronounced sa-rah in Italian, too. My Italian teacher is from Italy and there's a girl named Sarah in my class.
We think it's funny, because he says Sarah the Italian way. How you pronounce it depends on your country of origin, and has very little to do with the origin of the name itself. If you are using it based on its English history then Sair-uh is an entirely appropriate way to say it. If you are going with a Romance language for its origin it should be Sahr-uh.
Different strokes for different folks, and no need to throw stones. My best friend in first grade had this name and pronounced it Sair-uh. Why is anyone offended by how someone else pronounces a name? If you name the kid, you can pronounce it any way you want. My name is Sara, and I pronounce it literally as it is spelt "sa-ra", not like the version with the -h, but still loads of people try to call me Sarah.
Both mean princess and there are quite a few people with this name.
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