kay wait, how do you pronounce it?

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kay wait, how do you pronounce it?
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Mon, 07-28-2008 - 11:35pm

After the poll I made about Arabella, I looked up the meaning and on one site it said the pronunciation is "AH rah BEL lah", which isn't how I pronounce it. I say "Air-uh-bella", how do you say it?

* Just a side note, my mum knew this lady who named her daughter Phoebe about 25 years ago. But uh, she didn't know how to pronounce it and

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Tue, 07-29-2008 - 2:06am

I would say Air-uh-bella. but it's like the name Ariel....some ppl say AH-ree-elle some say Air-ee-el. To(may)to


to(mah)to. I think it's however you want to. ppl will catch on.

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Tue, 07-29-2008 - 9:31am

After the poll I made about Arabella, I looked up the meaning and on one site it said the pronunciation is "AH rah BEL lah", which isn't how I pronounce it. I say "Air-uh-bella", how do you say it?

* Just a side note, my mum knew this lady who named her daughter Phoebe about 25 years ago. But uh, she didn't know how to pronounce it and

 

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Tue, 07-29-2008 - 12:08pm
Air-uh-bella
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Tue, 07-29-2008 - 1:09pm
I'll join the chorus...air-uh-bell-uh.

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Tue, 07-29-2008 - 2:13pm

I say Are-uh-bell-uh

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Tue, 07-29-2008 - 7:00pm
Side note, there was a guy in his 30's probably on some tv show, maybe intervention?? that was named Sean, pronounced Seen. I felt sorry for him.
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Wed, 07-30-2008 - 5:56am

I say "Air" but I've heard it both ways.

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Wed, 07-30-2008 - 12:16pm
I say Air-uh-bel-lah

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Wed, 07-30-2008 - 1:07pm
Air-uh-Bel-uh
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Registered: 02-02-2006
Wed, 07-30-2008 - 8:26pm

This is my favorite girls name :) I have always pronounced it "air" but it is funny when someone has a name and the parents don't pronounce it correctly.

I know a lady whose name is Leila (usually pronounced "lay-la") but her pronunciation is "lee-eye-la" it happens a lot with Aislann too!

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