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Aria
by Lizzie_Jay
6/10/2007, 6:24 PM
The given pronounciation on this site is AWR-ee-a or ER-ee-a.I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in Australia we say AH-ree-ah. We have music awards called ARIAs (Australian Recording Industry Awards [i think thats what it stands for]) and everybody ive ever heard says it AH-ree-ah.My question is - how do you say Aria?

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- Isla
6/11/2007, 10:39 AM
AHR-ee-ah. But it makes me think of the word "area" nonetheless. Seems like a trying-too-hard name to me, too.
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- quigonjecca
6/11/2007, 5:24 AM
I've heard it pronounced both AH-ree-ah and AHR-ya. But usually the second pronounciation is paired with the "Arya" spellling.
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- poppylena
6/11/2007, 1:48 AM
AH-ree-ahER-ee-a always confuses me as well (well, ER in a pronunciation guide), I think it's meaning the AIR sound but in my accent ER and AIR are two different sounds.Accents and pronunciations are a funny thing :)
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- blaaarg
6/10/2007, 9:06 PM
I think a lot of people would say AWR-ee-a and AH-ree-ah the same way. But there is a subtle difference, I guess. Arr-ee-ah versus Ah-ree-ah. I think I tend towards Arr-ee-ah.
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- Julia (JuliaF)
6/10/2007, 8:27 PM
AH-ree-ah and AW-ree-ah are exactly the same in my (western USA) accent (the A sound like the A in "father", though I do know what the AW sound is like in other accents). I say it AH-ree-ah, not what would be AW-ree-ah in Australia (though it's the same here). Did that make any sense?ER-ee-ah is strange to me.

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- hannah_1721
6/10/2007, 6:54 PM
I say it as Aria. I've been thinking about the combo Aria Charlotte, so now I really like it!
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- Ariel (ArielleirA)
6/10/2007, 6:48 PM
I always thought it (and the word) were pronounced Air-ee-uh.
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- Caroline Mae (Little-Beeps)   +2
6/10/2007, 6:43 PM
Awr-ee-a and Ah-ree-ah are the same pronounciation as far as I can tell. Awr-ee-a sounds most like what I would say, just like the musical term. Awr ends up sounding just like the word "Are".
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- Lizzie_Jay   +1
6/10/2007, 6:47 PM
To me, in Awr-ee-a, Awr would sound like Saw or Paw.
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- Caroline Mae (Little-Beeps)
6/10/2007, 6:50 PM
In the pronounciation key for BtN it says many speakers pronounce Aw and Ah the smae, I guess I am one of those. The first time I looked at the prn. for Rose I was a bit confused, until I read the guide.
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- Dot (Spider from Mars)   +1
6/10/2007, 6:41 PM
AH-ree-ah, same as the word.
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- 1st_Timothy_4.12 (guest)
6/10/2007, 7:05 PM
yep, AH-ree-a.
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