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Re: Clara
by Amphelise (Chrisell)
10/20/2013, 1:13 AM
in reply to a message by LMS
It couldn't be shortened to Clare in most countries. The North American dialects are almost unique in pronouncing the first 'a' in -ara names as 'air', eg Sara as SAIR-uh, Tara as TAIR-uh etc.Everywhere else, that first 'a' is pronounced 'ah'. SAH-ra, TAH-ra, CLAH-ra.

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- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)
10/20/2013, 9:53 AM
yepThere would be no reason for Clara to become Clare in a country that speaks a Latin language.
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- Anneza   +1
10/20/2013, 1:21 AM
True; but I once met a British couple (he was a diplomat!) who couldn't decide between Clare and Sarah for their new daughter so they merged them into CLAREa. She was a bad-tempered little girl; probably a coincidence. I was so startled that I decided not to ask them the spelling!
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- blaaaarg (blaaarg)
10/20/2013, 12:11 PM
Interesting. Here that name would just be... Clara.
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