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I love Viola (Vye-la) but would people say Vee-O-la all the time? I wouldn't want her name mispronounced all the time.
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I thought it was pronounced Vee-O-lah; that's how the name was pronounced when I was growing up. Do people pronounce it as Vye-lah, now? That's prettier.
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I've always heard it VYE-o-la. In the Shakespeare play my teacher pronounced it that way as well.
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I'm around the same age as you, and I'd always heard it pronounced as Vie Oh lah, more sounding like Violin
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Viola is pronounced 'vee-OH-lah' or 'vye-OH-lah', so yes, people would probably pronounce it wrong if you say it differently.
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Well I pronounce it Vye-Oh-lah but I skim over the Oh part..you can still hear it but it's not as big as the pronunciation makes it look.
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That's how I pronounce it too
More like VYE-o-lah, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It's how my great-grandmother pronounced her name, and I had an English prof. who pronounced the Shakespeare character the same.
I think you might get different pronunciations the first time someone says it out loud, but once they hear the correct pronunciation, they'll catch on. I think you'll probably get a split between VIE-oh-lah and Vye-OH-lah (I always envision this pronunciation as a drawling, sort of Southern accent).
More like VYE-o-lah, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It's how my great-grandmother pronounced her name, and I had an English prof. who pronounced the Shakespeare character the same.
I think you might get different pronunciations the first time someone says it out loud, but once they hear the correct pronunciation, they'll catch on. I think you'll probably get a split between VIE-oh-lah and Vye-OH-lah (I always envision this pronunciation as a drawling, sort of Southern accent).
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Me too (VIE-o-la)
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