Message: "Leah" - Behind the Name

Leah

by N.K (guest)

8/23/2005, 11:27 AM

Leah is a Hebrew name meaning wild cow.It was the name of someone in the bible.

#Leah

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- Siri (SiriFalk) +1

8/24/2005, 10:50 AM

Wild Cow? Now that one I haven't heard!

- Miss Claire

8/24/2005, 5:04 PM

This is the closest I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

- Miss Claire +24

8/23/2005, 11:53 AM

See: Lea

~~ Claire ~~

- mizzchable (guest) +23

8/23/2005, 7:41 PM

actually, Lea (the french way)is pronounced Lay-uh like princess Leia in Star Wars.

- Miss Claire

8/24/2005, 10:19 AM

Nope, leh-ah :)
lay-uh would be Leia :)

~~ Claire ~~

- Caprice +7

8/24/2005, 9:57 AM

They don't have the "ay" sound in France.

*A meow massages the heart.*
~Stuart McMillan

- ADT +6

8/24/2005, 10:24 PM

e accent aigu

- Miss Claire +5

8/25/2005, 9:53 AM

It is no "ay". You don't say "je suis allée à Paris" ah-lay but ah-leh.

~~ Claire ~~

- ADT +4

8/25/2005, 11:07 AM

Sorry, I guess I've been taught wrong for the last 15 years.
Stupid French-Canadians.

- Siri (guest) +2

8/25/2005, 1:09 PM

Let's see...

English is the same language in Britan, Australia, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, etc... But is the accent the same? I think not. Do we pronuce words the same? No. Do words even mean the same thing? No.

So why on earth should French Canadians have the same accent that people in France do?

Siri

- nateghi

8/31/2005, 8:30 AM

Where does the name Nadia come from

- delaney04 (guest)

8/25/2005, 3:51 PM

That's very true. Years ago I went to Quebec with my French teacher, who said "They won't understand you and you won't understand them because of the dialect".

- Miss Claire

8/25/2005, 12:36 PM

No problem! I know that in Canada some people say Renee ruh-nay, for example. In France it is ruh-neh :)

~~ Claire ~~

- Chrisell +13

8/24/2005, 5:00 AM

Miss Claire *is* French

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- mizzchable (guest) +12

8/24/2005, 2:03 PM

well so is mizzchable!

- ADT +2

8/24/2005, 10:21 PM

But for some reason Miss Claire has some sort of a high Internet status on these boards. I suggest to just ignore. And truts your own French background.

- Chrisell +1

8/25/2005, 6:53 AM

And for some reason ADT can't keep playground-style name-calling off the Facts board.

ADT: Claire is in France. Mizzchable is not. Mizzchable may have a French background but Claire's knowledge on this matter cannot be anything but more up to date than whatever Mizzchable may have had handed down to her or left over from when she was last in France.

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

This message was edited 8/25/2005, 6:53 AM

- Miss Claire

8/25/2005, 7:13 AM

Thanks. I was born in France and I've been living there for 21 years, so... yeah lol

~~ Claire ~~

- Miss Claire

8/24/2005, 4:58 PM

Aren't you mizzchable?

Anyway, if you are French, why did you say Lea is pron. lay-uh?

~~ Claire ~~

- Chrisell +7

8/24/2005, 2:26 PM

Well, since your IP places you in the US not France I'll be taking Claire's word first, thanks.

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- Miss Claire +6

8/24/2005, 4:58 PM

thanks

~~ Claire ~~

- mizzchable (guest) +5

8/25/2005, 4:21 PM

sorry for making such a big deal about it but Lea with an accent grave IS pronounced lay-uh, im serious.

- Miss Claire +2

8/26/2005, 10:21 AM

Well... no... as you can see, Lea is the most popular name in France, moreover I am Jewish, so I hear it extra, extra often. No lay-uh, sorry. It is leh-ah.

~~ Claire ~~

- mizzchable (guest) +1

8/26/2005, 2:11 PM

I understand that it is pronounced that way but with accents it seems to be lay-uh. sorry for making such a big deal.

- Miss Claire

8/26/2005, 2:14 PM

No problem at all! I agree that a non French accent can make it sound like lay-uh.

~~ Claire ~~

- Chrisell

8/25/2005, 4:53 PM

Sorry, mizzchable, but once again: Claire is in France and you are not, so we are going to take her advice more seriously than yours. That's just the way it is, I'm afraid.

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- mizzchable (guest)

8/25/2005, 4:23 PM

sorry, my mistake it is an accent aigu not grave i got them mixed up. sorry.

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