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HelpRe: Sephora
in reply to a message by queenv
This is idiosyncratic, and so it's probably irrelevant to you, but it has always (ever since I first encountered it as the name of the cosmetics co) reminded me of epiphora (eh-PIF-or-a). Epiphora is a medical term for tears overflowing the eye. How tragic! *sniff*
I think it can probably be pronounced either SEF-er-a or seh-FOR-a because Zipporah gets pronounced either way too. I always imagined it was SEF-er-a.
Anyway I vastly prefer it spelled Seffora because that takes the scientific-seeming "phor" out of it - and brings it down to earth, like many Latin spellings seem to be compared to Greek IMO. I could kinda like Seffora, but I can't quite stomach Sephora. Sephora, even without the cosmetics, would be sort of like Persephone or Seraphina or Sophronia or Sapphira (overbearingly phloophy) or Sarai or Moriah or Bathsheba (fusty bible names).
I think it can probably be pronounced either SEF-er-a or seh-FOR-a because Zipporah gets pronounced either way too. I always imagined it was SEF-er-a.
Anyway I vastly prefer it spelled Seffora because that takes the scientific-seeming "phor" out of it - and brings it down to earth, like many Latin spellings seem to be compared to Greek IMO. I could kinda like Seffora, but I can't quite stomach Sephora. Sephora, even without the cosmetics, would be sort of like Persephone or Seraphina or Sophronia or Sapphira (overbearingly phloophy) or Sarai or Moriah or Bathsheba (fusty bible names).
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