How do you pronounce Ayla?

[AtYourCervix]

Ay - Lah

or

Eye - Lah?

[shrinkingnora]

I think it says in the first book that it is eye - lah but am prepared to be corrected!

[Mollymax]

I would say the first one.
Isla is the second.

[AwesomePan]

I know an Ayla, and she pronounces it Ay-lah.

[shrinkingnora]

Sorry - I was assuming that the OP meant in the clan of the cave bear books as this was in adult fiction!

[AtYourCervix]

yes, i did mean the cave bear one

[ByThePowerOfGreyskull]

I have always said Ay-lah

[SachaF]

Page 53, where Creb is trying to pronounce her name:
" Aay- rr", "Aay- lla, Ay-la?"

So Ay-lah from your opening post. I darn well hope so as it's part of my daughter's name!

[Mollymax]

Oops. Did not see it was in adult fiction.

[mrsbabookaloo]

Don't know about the Clan of the Cave Bear books, but it's a common Turkish first name and as such is pronounced Eye-La, Just the same as the scottish name Isla.

[AtYourCervix]

that's what confused me. thought it was Ay-La and then met a turkish baby ( v cute) called Aylah (Eye-Lah).

I'll go with Ay-Lah.

[shrinkingnora]

In the first book it definitely tells you near the beginning but I cannot remember for definite which way it was. It's really annoying me now!

[mixedmamameansbusiness]

I always pronounce it Eye-lah. This was our name for any DD but I say this as I read it as a Turkish name and phnetically this is how we would say.

[elphabadefiesgravity]

DD has a schoolfriend called Ayla

It is pronounced Eye la

[CherryMandrake]

i love the clan of the cave bear books, i have them all. have you read the latest one?

[2kidsintow]

I've always pronounced it like Isla....I'm sure I read something in the book that helped me come to that conclusion, but can't remember what.

[kayb123]

sorry for dragging up an old post, but has anyone read the last book yet and what did you think?. i currently have it on order, but all the reviews i have seen are not to good.

[wildstrawberryplace]

Run, run for the hills. It's really terrible. I think it may have been ghost written in order to coin it in before the author dies fulfill contractual obligations.

[tallulah]

one of the previous threads

[wildstrawberryplace]

Discussion here about how awful it is with link to further thread.

[kayb123]

i think i wont be reading this one, thanks for saving me alot of borderm I would rather not read it and pretend it ended ok the all the disappointment, though i am thinking or reading the eragon series - just watched the film with the children. - though if anyone has a set to lend/sale i would ne interested.