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HelpRe: How do you feel about Mirah?
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I would pronounce Mirah, "MEER ah". There is a character named Mirah in the book I'm reading (Daniel Deronda). The name was pronounced "MEER ah" in the 2002 film adaptation of the book. (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0321897/)
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What a lowly pronunciation.
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Let me start off by saying that I'm not trying to offend you, or pick a fight. I am giving you the benefit of the doubt, by which logic I must assume that you are unaware of the fact that you appear a little racist of late. Let me clarify:
1. MEER-uh - "What a lowly pronunciation." This would be the Spanish pronunciation. Mira is a conjugated form of the spanish verb, "mirar," which means "to look," a lovely meaning, and a lovely pronunciation. I much prefer it to Myra, and when I lauded your choice of Mira in an earlier post, I was pronouncing it like the Spanish word. You must not have realized that you were insulting the Spanish pronunciation of a Spanish word when you said this.
2. Mateo - "Too Latin for my tastes." Now, I'm assuming you meant the dead language and the family of languages drawing heavy influence from it. However, you are building an ugly track record, and you might wish to be careful of implying disdain for Spanish and Latin American names (and cultures) if you want to avoid censure on the board.
Again, let me reiterate: I am not attacking you, I'm just pointing out possible interpretations that I am sure you did not intend.
1. MEER-uh - "What a lowly pronunciation." This would be the Spanish pronunciation. Mira is a conjugated form of the spanish verb, "mirar," which means "to look," a lovely meaning, and a lovely pronunciation. I much prefer it to Myra, and when I lauded your choice of Mira in an earlier post, I was pronouncing it like the Spanish word. You must not have realized that you were insulting the Spanish pronunciation of a Spanish word when you said this.
2. Mateo - "Too Latin for my tastes." Now, I'm assuming you meant the dead language and the family of languages drawing heavy influence from it. However, you are building an ugly track record, and you might wish to be careful of implying disdain for Spanish and Latin American names (and cultures) if you want to avoid censure on the board.
Again, let me reiterate: I am not attacking you, I'm just pointing out possible interpretations that I am sure you did not intend.
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I already cleared up the Latin thing. It, of course, has to do with taste in names, not people, though I am sorry not to have given one more reason to exercise your obloquial skills upon me. Better luck next time.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/view.php?id=3188597&board=baby
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/view.php?id=3188597&board=baby
This message was edited 3/28/2008, 12:23 PM
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Please go read the rules once more.
3. Try to keep debates civil. Everyone has a right to their opinion.
And by the way, I would pronounce Mira meer-a and Myra mie-ra. I personally prefer Mira. And I think it's fine that you prefer the pronunciation Mie-ra. And I don't think that your opinion is simply "lowly" because it is not the same as mine.
3. Try to keep debates civil. Everyone has a right to their opinion.
And by the way, I would pronounce Mira meer-a and Myra mie-ra. I personally prefer Mira. And I think it's fine that you prefer the pronunciation Mie-ra. And I don't think that your opinion is simply "lowly" because it is not the same as mine.
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It is meant to be a Hebrew name, like Miriam.
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In my family, it wasn't.
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Ever seen Young Frankenstein?
"It's Fron-ken-STEEN, not Frank-en-STINE".
Sorry, but your family doesn't OWN the name. People are going to pronounce it MEE-ra. When I read the title of your thread, I was assuming to read a "which pronunciation do you like better?" type thread.
You can condescend and bitch and tell us that WE'RE wrong all the time, but that doesn't change the fact that most people don't care about your family history, nor do they give a flying f***, frankly, so people are going to pronounce it wrong.
Everyone here is getting sick of your snooty attitude. If you're going to ask for opinions, ACCEPT THEM, and be GRATEFUL when somebody points out that there could be a problem with the name. Don't act all holier-than-thou and/or pretend that we're ignorant or you don't hear us.
And BTW, Elmira is pronounced El-MEER-a. I think you're getting yourself mixed up with Elvira.
Oh, and just my two cents, since you were so kind as to throw yours in after asking for ours:
"My name is MEER-a and I'm classy, spunky and cute."
"My name is MIE-ra and I prefer the term 'dancer' to 'stripper'."
"It's Fron-ken-STEEN, not Frank-en-STINE".
Sorry, but your family doesn't OWN the name. People are going to pronounce it MEE-ra. When I read the title of your thread, I was assuming to read a "which pronunciation do you like better?" type thread.
You can condescend and bitch and tell us that WE'RE wrong all the time, but that doesn't change the fact that most people don't care about your family history, nor do they give a flying f***, frankly, so people are going to pronounce it wrong.
Everyone here is getting sick of your snooty attitude. If you're going to ask for opinions, ACCEPT THEM, and be GRATEFUL when somebody points out that there could be a problem with the name. Don't act all holier-than-thou and/or pretend that we're ignorant or you don't hear us.
And BTW, Elmira is pronounced El-MEER-a. I think you're getting yourself mixed up with Elvira.
Oh, and just my two cents, since you were so kind as to throw yours in after asking for ours:
"My name is MEER-a and I'm classy, spunky and cute."
"My name is MIE-ra and I prefer the term 'dancer' to 'stripper'."
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Your responses are invariably malicious toward me, and do not sway my opinions. See the rules.
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Maria/Mariah
Mariah was the old pronunciation of Maria before Americans realized how Maria was supposed to be pronounced. Using long I's where it's supposed to be "ee" is something that happened a lot in "the olden days" but doesn't happen very much now. This is why Elvira is pronounced El-VIE-ra to you (because you haven't heard it otherwise), but why BtN says it's pronounced El-VEER-a. And this is also probably why =A='s family pronounces Elmira "MIE-ra."
Now that everything is globalized and the pronunciation rules of Latinized names are more well-known, Elmira is generally pronounced "elmeera," as the Correct Way.
*shrug*
Silly debate
Mariah was the old pronunciation of Maria before Americans realized how Maria was supposed to be pronounced. Using long I's where it's supposed to be "ee" is something that happened a lot in "the olden days" but doesn't happen very much now. This is why Elvira is pronounced El-VIE-ra to you (because you haven't heard it otherwise), but why BtN says it's pronounced El-VEER-a. And this is also probably why =A='s family pronounces Elmira "MIE-ra."
Now that everything is globalized and the pronunciation rules of Latinized names are more well-known, Elmira is generally pronounced "elmeera," as the Correct Way.
*shrug*
Silly debate
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Silly debate indeed.
I agree, Octavia, but it's always the most trivial of things that trigger the patented brand of witchery I have *so* often written off.
I agree, Octavia, but it's always the most trivial of things that trigger the patented brand of witchery I have *so* often written off.
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Sorry about that, thanks for the correction :)
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