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How do you pronounce Ira?
This message was edited 3/27/2008, 6:33 PM
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Hehe. Makes not a whit of difference, of course, because Mira is still widely known to be a name pronounced MEER-a, and a name pronounced Myra, H or no H, is not conventional.
Anyway, IMO people get used to little things like an unconventional pronunciation. It's not ideal because it causes a distraction when people first meet, but good people can keep it from becoming awkward. You don't seem like the sort of person who'd make a compromise on using a conventional name, but I believe you never know for sure what you'd do until you meet the child. I personally wouldn't mind being named Mira pronounced like Myra. Would you? (A sincere question, but rhetorical)
Anyway, IMO people get used to little things like an unconventional pronunciation. It's not ideal because it causes a distraction when people first meet, but good people can keep it from becoming awkward. You don't seem like the sort of person who'd make a compromise on using a conventional name, but I believe you never know for sure what you'd do until you meet the child. I personally wouldn't mind being named Mira pronounced like Myra. Would you? (A sincere question, but rhetorical)
This message was edited 3/28/2008, 12:06 AM
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EYE-rah
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