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Don't you think the name Taylor sounds feminine when it's said in British accent?
Because Taylor in British accent sounds like Tayla. Would you name your child Taylor if you were in England?
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I don't think you've thought it through. English people who pronounce Taylor without sounding the R associate it with a male occupation. What you associate it with is not evidence.I wouldn't name my child Taylor or indeed Tayla if I was the sole inhabitant of one of the outer moons of Saturn.
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To am American, yes. If I lived in England I would be used to that accent, and would be able to hear the difference between Tayla and Taylor.
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I actually think that although it sounds a bit like Tayla it seems MORE masculine with a "British" accent. It sounds a lot less spunky which is to me what gives it a more feminine feel when I have to say how I prefer it as a unisex name. No I wouldn't, and I might've been open to the idea in the US but DBF's ex was named Taler, so Taylor being that it sounds the same is out.
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NopeI just said it about fifty times in my very Englishest accent, while sitting in an English chair in England. And it still sounds like an occupational surname, and nothing like a girls' name at all!
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What do you mean by British accent? I'm guessing you mean R.P?
I don't hear the difference myself. When I was in primary school an American girl joined our class and I don't think there was any issue with pronouncing her name.
I'm from England and (other than the above) I haven't encountered any Taylors. I wouldn't use it because it's not a favourite of mine. But I don't think anything should stop you if you like that name. :)

This message was edited 6/7/2010, 9:23 AM

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It's feminine to me either way.Whether it's in my own local accent or one that makes me hear it more as Tayla, I think it sounds feminine by virtue of belonging to a lot of females. :-P
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firstlyWhat is a British accent? A Geordie, Liverpudlian, Glaswegian, Received Pronounciation, Northern Welsh? In some accents Taylor can sound a bit like Tayla, but boys still wear the name and a few girls I have met. Secondly Taylor doesn't sound masculine or feminine to me. It is an occupational surname and I really dislike it.
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It sounds a little feminine when in a British accent, but it still doesn't look that way. I wouldn't name my child that if I were in England, or anywhere, because I really don't like it.
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Nope. Would use Tayla though! :-)
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Hmmm, not sure if Taylor would sound like Tayla in a British accent. And then there are all sorts of British accents. I don't like Tayla much, so I still wouldn't use Taylor, even if I were in England.
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I don't think Taylor sounds like Tayla, at all, but I guess it depends on which British accent you're talking about, which part of Britain you're talking about. I guess not Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland since you said England, but their accents are as British as English accents and each of those have a wide variety of regional accents. None of the ones I can think of make Taylor sound like Tayla though. I think it only sounds like that in a very exaggerated RP or transatlantic accents, but few people here actually talk like that. I wouldn't use the name, but purely because I don't like the name.
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...So why not just use Tayla? :\
No I wouldn't. If I were in England, I would say "How did I get to England?" and then name my kids the same names I've liked previously. Taylor is not one of them, on either gender (but I find it worse on a girl, regardless of accent. It's just been beaten to death, I know so many Taylors).
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I think Taylor sounds feminine either way. I would balance it out with a more traditional middle name, though.
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No, it doesn't work that way.It still looks and sounds like Taylor. Taylor is a common surname. Tayla is derived from Taylor.

This message was edited 6/7/2010, 5:12 AM

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