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Re: I say them differently
Zara Lara Kara and Tara can all be said both ways too though. I know a KAIR-a (with a C), and I only hear TAIR-a, Lara and Zara go both ways for me
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Yes...In America, Tara and Cara are often TAIR-a and CAIR-a. TAH-ra and CAH-ra feel more natural to me. I've never met a LAIR-a or a ZAIR-a, always LAH-ra and ZAH-ra. Outside of the US, I don't think "AIR" pronounciations are ever used for those names.(I'm from the US, by the way. I realise my post sort of sounds like I'm not.)I have occasionally heard Sara "SAH-ra" but, though it seems logical, I think it's barely used in the US. Usually, Sarahs and Saras are the same.
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In America they might, but in the UK and Aust. they can't.
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Yep! I can't understand that...(m)How does Ar make an -air sound? That really confuses me.
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