funny question

[asmallfall]

curious...when you see this word:

mira

do you think it would sound like mee-rah or my-rah?

do you think the i would need some sort of funny accent to make it sound like ee? or is it fine the way it is?

(maybe puppy's name!)

Comments

[robotropolis]

I think of Mye-rah because I'm from Nova Scotia and there's a river called The Mira here pronounced Mye-rah. Also that Anne Murray song, "Song for the Mira."

But in Spanish Mee-rah (Mira) is "look!" (like, "look at at that!") so I think you can get away with it!

[robotropolis]

Oh, in Spanish it would be mee-RAH, but whatever!

[asmallfall]

oh man, i hope after people see my dog's name, they aren't going to think i named her after an anne murray song!

[audrawilliams]

I was thinking of the song "Out on the Mira", but yeah what Sarah said.

I have a friend who spells her name Meera.

[supersnackcake]

I would think it's mee-ra, not my-rah... and I think it's cute!

[asmallfall]

thanks!

[asmallfall]

i didn't even think of her!
it starting to sound as though it can be pronounced either way. part of me was hoping i would need a fancy accent over the i, but i don't think so anymore

[asmallfall]

oh good! i wasn't even sure if it was a real name. we just modified a name we liked so that it didn't seem we named our dog after a girl we don't really like (but her name is so so beautiful - nirah)

[asmallfall]

i am just going to go for it, thanks!
i just wasn't sure if i'd be the only one pronouncing it mee-rah, but it turns out i'm not!

i really like the name pica. it's funny, because i look at it and not for a second do i think pee-ka (which, i agree, is not my favourite). yet, with mira, my first thought is that the i is more like ee...funny