Message: "How do you pronounce Blythe?"

How do you pronounce Blythe?

by LMS

1/31/2009, 1:34 AM

Do you say it Blithe/Blythe or Blaithe? It is really hard for me to explain the difference.

I guess the latter has the Y sound like a long letter I while the former has the Y sounding like a quick I sound.

#pronunciation

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- Snapdragon

1/31/2009, 8:13 AM

I pronounce the Y with a long I sound, i.e. like the word eye.

(And I pronounce the TH with a hard TH sound.)

- Llewella (penguiny7)

1/31/2009, 5:55 AM

I think I get what you're saying. And I pronounce it with a longer I sound.

- Silvestra123 (guest)

1/31/2009, 3:31 AM

"Bl" like in blog +
"i" like I +
"th" like in thistle

- Fog-struck +1

1/31/2009, 2:48 AM

I pronounce it with a long I sound, which I would write out as BLITHE. BLAITHE looks like the vowel sound should be a long A.

To me:

Long I = I (as in mine)
Short I = ih (as in sit)

This message was edited 1/31/2009, 2:49 AM

- LMS

1/31/2009, 11:32 PM

Well, I don't mean a short I as in sit. Thats why I said I had a hard time explaining. I suppose I mean more of a dragged out Blyythe or a short Blyth.

- xPrincess27x

1/31/2009, 2:32 AM

I say it Blythe, if that makes sense.

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