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Dahlia - how would you pronounce it?

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goofygoober · 02/05/2014 21:05

We like this name for a girl - but do you say Dah-lee ya or Day-lee ya?

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TheScience · 05/05/2014 17:47

I'd say darlia as I thought it came from the name Dahl. Though daylia is pretty too.

scottishmummy · 05/05/2014 17:41

Beershuffle,you are of course right,and for some reason I kept reading it as Delilah
I need a zingy cuppa tea or something.and I've no idea why I read and reread as Delilah
So after all that I'd say it as dah-lee-ah

Martorana · 05/05/2014 15:44

Dahlia is Day-lee-ah. Or at a pinch Darh-lee-a. Not Del-li-lah. Which is, unsurprisingly, spelled Delilah. What with it having two l-sounds and all.

beershuffle · 05/05/2014 14:28

You can say it that way, but youd be making it up. Dahlia, one L, you cant make a lie-lah at the end because THAT WOULD NEED ANOTHER L THAT ISNT THERE. Notsure how you can be unclear about that. Confused

Unless of course you think Sarah is pronounced Sair-Rah-Rah. And Jenny is Jen-nen-ny.

namechangenumber5 · 05/05/2014 14:12

I'd say dahlia, but I know a daylia, it just sounds weird to me.

Salazar · 05/05/2014 14:08

Scottishmummy, isn't that Delilah? And not Dahlia.

susiedaisy · 05/05/2014 13:35

Day lee a

Thumbwitch · 05/05/2014 13:32

But you're making up a second L where there is none, SM. Which is just wrong.

scottishmummy · 05/05/2014 13:29

I fear its you whos got wrong end stick
I am. perfectly clear on how id say the name
Dah- lie-lah

beershuffle · 05/05/2014 12:33

Well youmust have beenthinking of something else, sm, because your pronounciation isnt possible, youneed a second L that isnt actually there.

Eastpoint · 05/05/2014 05:31

Finnish girl at school pronounces it Dah-lia

There is also a girl with the name Dalia which is pronounced the same way.

YoungBritishPissArtist · 05/05/2014 05:07

Never met a Dahlia but know a Dalia (Arabic) pron. DAH-lee-ah.

Thumbwitch · 05/05/2014 02:46

Day-lee-ah.

Some Aussies pronounce it as dar-leea - confused the hell out of me to start with!

But I don't like Dar-leea as a name, reminds me too much of Darla, which is the name of the awful child in Finding Nemo. Grin

Salazar · 05/05/2014 02:44

I pronounce the flower day-Leah

But the 22 year old Dahlia I know pronounces it Dar-lee-ah

BackforGood · 05/05/2014 01:31

Day-lee-arrr

Although in the American Sitcom I was watching last year, there was a girl they called Dar-lia, so maybe that's the American way to pronounce it ? or maybe it's a different name after all

Pregnantberry · 05/05/2014 01:27

Dar-lee-ah

AiryFairyHairyAndScary · 05/05/2014 01:11
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scottishmummy · 05/05/2014 01:10

I wasn't,but ohh my,thats a great link and picture.thanks

AiryFairyHairyAndScary · 05/05/2014 01:08

ScottishMummy. I think you might be thinking of Grin

Dahlia - how would you pronounce it?
scottishmummy · 05/05/2014 00:13

Dah-lie-lah

livingatheendofthewall · 05/05/2014 00:08

Dahl-ya

florascotia · 03/05/2014 21:21

Dahl -ee-ah

As previous poster said, the modern name originated with Swedish botanist surnamed Dahl = Dahl or (less accurately) Darl.

Of course, the flower had an earlier name in its own indigenous culture, but that has been largely forgotten ( a great shame).

TequilaMockingbirdy · 03/05/2014 01:59

Dar-lia

ThingsThatShine · 03/05/2014 01:51

Dah lee ah

Didn't cross my mind that it would be day lee a for the name until I read this!

Orangeisthenewbanana · 03/05/2014 01:51

X-post MerryMarigold! Sorry, on threads like these, I try not to read the other replies before I answer Smile

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