Pronunciation of Laura

observer   Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:33 am GMT
Guest’s question was: “How do you say "Laura": Lahra or Lora or something else?”

Read again the question: “Lahra” or “Lora”

The answer is: Lora PERIOD!


Why are you complicating things here? Your discussion is like chewing a gum, never has an end. Any word in any language, you will never have two who can pronounce it 100% perfectly the same. So if you want to give Guest a help, just tell him it is Lora not Larah…

Cheers!
Guest   Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:51 am GMT
>>just tell him it is Lora not Larah…<<

But I pronounce is "Lawra" and sometime "Lo-ruh".


PS: As you can see, our representations are meaningless.
Guest   Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:54 am GMT
>>just tell him it is Lora not Larah…<<

But I pronounce it "Lawra" and sometimes "Lo-ruh".


PS: As you can see, our representations are meaningless, so the added sophistication isn't complicating things.
Laura Braun   Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:18 pm GMT
Listen observer I want my name to sound as it written LAURA
Period.
My name is LAURA if it's LORA it has to be written LORA.
observer   Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:12 pm GMT
>>It's Lora, but you can call me Laura or whotever you wish, I don't mind. I have taken my name from movie 'The hours'..<<

it seems you have forgotten what you wrote in your first post here, LORA!

cheers!
Laura Braun   Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:26 pm GMT
2 + 2 = 4, not five. I hear four sounds why should I write five?
Do you think that I can forget something which I have written, for example during 2003 in antimoon I was writting an article about 'talk to or talk with..' , or... in 2004 in antimoon there were poem competition and I post my favorite poem by Alan Parson's project... Do you think that I don't remember?
Dawn   Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:44 pm GMT
I'm Dawn [dAn], not [don]
User   Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:09 am GMT
>> I'm Dawn [dAn], not [don]<<

I've never heard anyone pronounce "Dawn" as [don]. [dOn], yes, but never [don].
Lazar   Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:29 am GMT
<<I've never heard anyone pronounce "Dawn" as [don]. [dOn], yes, but never [don].>>

Well, an Australian would pronounce "Dawn" as [do:n]. But regardless, the c-c-unmerged American pronunciation would definitely be [dOn] or [dQn].
User   Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:24 am GMT
>> Well, an Australian would pronounce "Dawn" as [do:n] <<

Wow, so does that mean that they pronounce "caught" as "coat"?
Lazar   Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:50 am GMT
<<Wow, so does that mean that they pronounce "caught" as "coat"?>>

No, they pronounce "caught" completely differently from how they pronounce "coat". ;-)

In a typical Australian accent they'd be:

"caught" ["k_ho:t]
"coat" ["k_h6}t]
guest   Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:33 pm GMT
LAURA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuchodZMEps
observer   Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:51 am GMT
>>2 + 2 = 4, not five. I hear four sounds why should I write five?
Do you think that I can forget something which I have written, for example during 2003 in antimoon I was writting an article about 'talk to or talk with..' , or... in 2004 in antimoon there were poem competition and I post my favorite poem by Alan Parson's project... Do you think that I don't remember?<<

what are you talking about Laura?