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Re: Viola
by penguiny7
6/6/2008, 10:57 AM
in reply to a message by Melissa
I've never seen Shakespeare in Love, but this site has VIE-o-la listed as another pronunciation. Maybe that's what they're saying, but when you say it fast, it just sounds like VIE-la.**Vita Brevis, Ars Longa**Lilypie Expecting a baby Ticker
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- aquamarina
6/8/2008, 1:41 PM
Actually, this site has "vie-O-la" listed as the other pronunciation, as if the stress was on the second syllable. Of course, it's like you have typed, "VIE-o-la", with the stress o nthe first syllable. Which sounds almost identical to "Vie-la" when I say it at least (I'm English).I used to think it was "Veeyola" like the instrument, which I still think is prettier!
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- Siri (guest)   +1
6/6/2008, 2:17 PM
Yup.It's VIE-o-la, never heard it as VIE-la and I watched the movie repeatedly.
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- Dot (Spider from Mars)
6/11/2008, 12:46 AM
Yeah. My teachers keep deciding it's educational, so I have watched it many a time. In that movie, her character is named VIE-o-la.
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