How do you pronounce Lauren

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Registered: 04-08-2003
How do you pronounce Lauren
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Fri, 05-06-2005 - 10:38am

How do you pronounce Lauren



  • Lah-ren
  • Loh-ren


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Fri, 05-06-2005 - 11:33am

Okay, so I pronounce it similar to one of yours, but with a different emphasis. Lohr-en.

To me it makes a difference.







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Registered: 11-04-2003
Fri, 05-06-2005 - 11:39am
Ditto on the emphasis for me. Lohr-ah, for Laura, Lohr-en, for Lauren and Lohr-el, for Laurel.
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Registered: 04-18-2003
Fri, 05-06-2005 - 11:53am
I pronounce it lore-in.
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Registered: 06-14-2003
Fri, 05-06-2005 - 1:49pm

I pronounce as the pps do so I voted for your 2nd choice.

Lore-in

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Wed, 05-11-2005 - 4:42pm
Bumping this up again to see if there are more opinions
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Registered: 05-09-2004
Thu, 05-12-2005 - 11:30am

I can pronounce it either way you prefer but I personally prefer Lah-ren. I have a friend Lara... I pronounce her name Lah-ra. Another of my friends says Lore-uh. I realized then, it might even be Lair-uh. lol, I'll have to ask Lara to make sure.

Anyway, it could go either way for me but I love Lauren pronounced Lah-ren.

~ Liz ~
mom to Christopher and Nicholas



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Registered: 12-02-2004
Fri, 05-13-2005 - 3:16pm

I have a special interest in this since my name is Laura (pronounced Lah-ra)...and I HATE it when people call me Loh-ra, which is quite often. A lot of it has to do with where poeple are from, north vs south, etc.

Just something to take into consideration. I like my name a lot but hated feeling like I couldn't "correct" people.

Thanks!

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Registered: 01-22-2005
Fri, 05-13-2005 - 3:44pm

I agree that it's a regional thing. I'm from the Boston area and say Lah-ra. I pronounce the color organge as "ah-range" so it's a vowel thing for me.

Alison

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Registered: 01-17-2005
Fri, 05-13-2005 - 5:08pm
I pronounce it Lohr-en unless told otherwise. I knew one person who was (I dont know if I'll get this right?) Lohr-EN with the emphasis on the EN like Ralph Lauren

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