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Help[Opinions] Re: Saira
in reply to a message by ciara23
In my year at school we had NINE girls with this name. It was very common for Islamic families in the UK in the 1990s.
Lots of (white) supply teachers would mispronounce it as Sarah instead of SIGH-ra.
It is pretty.
Lots of (white) supply teachers would mispronounce it as Sarah instead of SIGH-ra.
It is pretty.
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Oh, that's annoying. My stepmom has a really good friend named Sahar, who's of Egyptian descent; and Sahar would get called Sarah by teachers all the time. I'd understand misreading it once, because you're used to seeing Sarah, but after that make some effort, you know?
My instinct is to pronounce Saira as sie-EER-uh, like Saida / Syeda but with an R instead of a D. I didn't realize it was only two syllables.
My instinct is to pronounce Saira as sie-EER-uh, like Saida / Syeda but with an R instead of a D. I didn't realize it was only two syllables.
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