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I've heard the name Lyra said tons of different ways, and I was just wondering what the correct pronounciation is.
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I have a colleague by this name, and she does indeed pronounce it LIE-ra.
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In HDM, the names do sometimes echo their characters' most important characteristics. Will, for instance, is very strong-minded ... and Lyra is, as she says, a remarkable liar. So pronouncing the name like the musical instrument with an -a on the end gives a sound pleasingly like "liar" - Lyra the Liar - it's a bit Dr Seuss, but the books are still wonderful.
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It is appropriate.
I hate that pronunciation though, it's so ugly. I suppose it'd still be safe for me to use 'leer-ah' though since most people pronounce it 'leer-ah' (my prefered pronunciation)... And I figure since I've met two ladies with that name that said it that way it wouldn't be too bad.
And I certainly wouldn't want a daughter to get the nn Lyra the Liar!
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
I hate that pronunciation though, it's so ugly. I suppose it'd still be safe for me to use 'leer-ah' though since most people pronounce it 'leer-ah' (my prefered pronunciation)... And I figure since I've met two ladies with that name that said it that way it wouldn't be too bad.
And I certainly wouldn't want a daughter to get the nn Lyra the Liar!
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
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LIE-ra.
Follow this link and click the little sound button next to the name:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/lyra
It's the name of a constellation, as this site and the dictionary link state, so I'd go with the dictionary pronunciation.
www.qwantz.com
Follow this link and click the little sound button next to the name:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/lyra
It's the name of a constellation, as this site and the dictionary link state, so I'd go with the dictionary pronunciation.
www.qwantz.com
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"leer-ah"
I say "leer-ah" as does everybody I know whose read His Dark Materials (including Brits and Americans) as well as the people actually WITH that name...
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
I say "leer-ah" as does everybody I know whose read His Dark Materials (including Brits and Americans) as well as the people actually WITH that name...
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
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That's primarily why I asked. I love the His Dark Materials trilogy and I'd always been saying it "leer-ah". Then there were these other strange people who would say it like "lair-ah" or even something else. I got confused and just wanted to clarify.
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Yah, I understand. I met two different girls (both English) with the name Lyra and they both pronounced it 'leer-ah' (this was a few years back) and then I just recently read His Dark Materials (just this past fall - due to English friends lol) which brought it back to memory and within these past few weeks I've really started to love it.
"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"
"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble
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