Estrella (eh-stray-a) wdyt?

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Estrella (eh-stray-a) wdyt?
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Sat, 01-21-2006 - 9:48pm
I loved this name! Just found out Estrella is pronounced eh-stray-a not es-strell-a! and it's lovely,
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Estella Diore

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 1:44am
I take it you don't watch much "Dora." She's always catching estrellas (stars) for her "star pocket" on her backpack and sometimes there is a special explorer star...anyway, I just thought you should know if you have a daughter named Estrella, this might come up with her classmates.
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Registered: 10-13-2005
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 8:27am

Estrella Diore - is very unique. I think it could be cute for a little girl.

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sun, 01-22-2006 - 8:38am
It sounds very fancy to me, I know I wouldn't use it, but it does sound nice. Maybe a bit much for a little girl.

                             
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Registered: 01-20-2006
Sat, 01-28-2006 - 10:47pm
She's going to have to spend her life correcting the pronounciation for other people. Why not spell it more phonetically? Estrayah? Its a pretty name, but I was definitely off on the pron. as you said you were.
Wendy
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Registered: 01-26-2006
Sat, 01-28-2006 - 11:05pm
Yeah, if I were a 5-year-old in Estrella's class, I'd probably call her Star Pocket. Sorry to say it, but it's true. I'd make a very mean 5-year-old.
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Registered: 11-30-2005
Sun, 01-29-2006 - 12:58pm
It's only pronounced that way in Spanish, not English. It's like tortilla vs. torti-yuh. She's going to have to correct people her whole life, and she will probably end up going by the English version because she's tired of explaining.
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Registered: 10-14-2005
Sun, 01-29-2006 - 1:14pm

I don't mean to be rude, but there is no "english version" - it's a spanish word so it should be pronounced correctly using spanish pronounciation. There is no such word as estrella in English. Anyone who pronounces it estrella (or tortilla) is just pronouncing it incorrectly. I do think she would have to correct pronounciation pretty frequently, but it's not a matter of two valid pronounciations, it's a matter of people not knowing how to pronounce it correctly.


As for Estrella, I too thought immediately of Dora the Explorer. It's a pretty word, but I wouldn't use it as a name. At least not while Dora is so incredibly popular with the little ones.



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Registered: 09-29-2005
Mon, 01-30-2006 - 1:25am

ITA with Annie here ... both on the name and pronunciations (never heard a single person say tortilla instead of tor-tiya, so LMBO right now!). :)

~Kelli


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Registered: 09-23-2005
Mon, 01-30-2006 - 2:49am

I love the name Estrella, I think its beautiful (when pronounced correctly). Yes, she would have to correct people, but I do think she would love the name, and it would be worth it. I'm not a fan of Dior, and I don't think it goes with Estrella at all. If you love it, you should go for it- you could do much much worse, IMO.

Erin

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 01-30-2006 - 7:32am

I live in Texas where lots of people speak Spanish. Spanish speakers will probably pronounce the double L as a "yuh" sound, but non-Spanish speakers will be pronouncing it Estr-ELL-uh. So if you don't want people to prounounce it the English-language way you will always be correcting people. If you're OK with people prounouncing the double L as "ell", or if you don't mind always saying, "no, it's 'Estr-ey-ah'", then go for it.

(I don't think the word "tortilla" is a good example. That's a word that has been part of the English language for so long, most people know to pronounce it the Spanish way. I don't think that will be the case for this name.)

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