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How do you say Seren?

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museumum · 13/08/2015 19:43

Is it SERen or SerEN?

Thanks!

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scatterthenuns · 13/08/2015 19:48

Seh-ren

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pieceofpurplesky · 13/08/2015 19:54

Ser-EN as in serendipity

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museumum · 13/08/2015 19:54

So completely equal emphasis on both syllables? I find that very hard to do - one always ends up emphasised a bit more.

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museumum · 13/08/2015 19:55

Xposts.

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pieceofpurplesky · 13/08/2015 20:04

Slightly more on the en bur more Se-Ren

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 13/08/2015 23:10

S-Ren

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FithColumnist · 14/08/2015 04:42

In Welsh, it's stressed on the first syllable. SEren (both of those are short e's as well, it shouldn't sound anything like "serene".

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BestIsWest · 14/08/2015 06:05

SER-en. Slight stress on first syllable. As Fith said.

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museumum · 14/08/2015 08:51

I think my issue is that I'm Scottish so over pronounce the r. I'll try sort of skipping it like English folk do :)

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Hulababy · 14/08/2015 08:54

Like seven but with an r not a v

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RoganJosh · 14/08/2015 08:56

I think english people still say the R. It's not like in words like 'barn' where I don't.
I think I'd go for emphasis at the beginning.

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Jedi1 · 14/08/2015 09:00

The Seren I work with is SEren.

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badtime · 14/08/2015 14:47

Is it the same sort of stress as Helen?

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Leviticus · 14/08/2015 14:52

Watch Abadas on CBeebies. The bat is called Seren and they pronounce it SEren.

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FithColumnist · 14/08/2015 19:02

badtime, yes, it's the same stress pattern but both the vowels sound the same in Seren, it's not like the second vowel of Helen, which is kind of swallowed so it sounds like HELL-un. Both the vowels in Seren sound like the a in any.

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BestIsWest · 14/08/2015 21:19

It would be ok to pronounce the R, lots of Welsh people do.

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FithColumnist · 14/08/2015 22:55

It's a Welsh name. The r is supposed to be pronounced :/

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vpillow · 14/08/2015 22:59

Accent is always on the penultimate syllable in Welsh. So:
SER-en
RHI-an (not rhi-AN)
GER-aint

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vpillow · 14/08/2015 23:00

But Rhi-ANN-wen

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HuftysTrain · 15/08/2015 08:28

I would say SE-ren unless told otherwise.

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WallyBantersJunkBox · 15/08/2015 08:30

Exactly what Vpillow said.

But if you have Serena the emphasis changes to SehREEna.

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BestIsWest · 15/08/2015 08:55

I meant Welsh people pronounce the R. Not sure where that some came from.

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BestIsWest · 15/08/2015 08:55

Lots ai mean.

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jorahmormont · 15/08/2015 23:10

Seh-ren. Emphasis on the 'Seh'.

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sleeplessinderbyshire · 15/08/2015 23:14

Sair-en or SER-en (my dd2 is seren) definitely not Ser-EN and not serene or serena!

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