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How would YOU pronounce Aurelia?

105 replies

NauseousKitty · 02/05/2014 21:14

I think it is Aw-ray-lia but mentioned it a friend who said Aw-ree-lia. Just curious...

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Greythorne · 03/05/2014 13:28

The French way is Or-ray-lia

Alisvolatpropiis · 03/05/2014 12:50

I know, I didn't express myself well with that one, looking back on it Blush

And hello

Cezella · 03/05/2014 12:39

Alis

Aur isn't pronounced Or in Welsh- it's really hard to write it down phonetically in English but it sounds nothing like Or!

Hello by the way, we often crop up on any Welsh threads!

I'd probably say "ray" when I first saw Aurelia but can understand why it would be "ree"

JapaneseMargaret · 03/05/2014 04:01

Aw-ray-lia. In other words, the correct way. Beautiful name.

ZingWatermelon · 03/05/2014 03:34

exactly how Colin Firth says it in Love Actually

Alisvolatpropiis · 03/05/2014 02:04

Squoosh how is Awe said?

Or and awe (as in, in awe of someone) sound the same to me. It may well be my accent.

squoosh · 03/05/2014 01:53

I agree with RiverTam, I learnt Latin at school and we were always taught about Marcus Awe-ree-lius.

I would pronounce Aurelia as Awe-ree-lia.

Alisvolatpropiis · 03/05/2014 01:25

No you're right beer, I've just said it aloud. We would say it the same.

Given my predisposition for phonetics, Key-ra was a rubbish attempt at explaining how I said it!

beershuffle · 03/05/2014 01:08

Id say its keer-ah but thats probably just accent.

Alisvolatpropiis · 03/05/2014 00:57

It should be Key-ra though So. Like the Anglicised spelling, Keira.

SoFetch · 03/05/2014 00:41

Alis I've always pronounced her name See-arr-ah. I thought the "air" was an American accent thing! Grin

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2014 23:59

There's an American r'n'b singer who spells and pronounces her exactly like that beer! I was about 13 when she first arrived on the music scene and distinctly recall thinking "WTAF"

AwfulMaureen · 02/05/2014 23:55

My DH (Aussie) knows a See-oh-bahn. Grin Bless them.

beershuffle · 02/05/2014 23:54

Oh my, Seeoban is hideous!

I did meet a woman who introduced herself as Sierra (see-air-ah), whoo then wrote it down.....CIARA. I just looked at her like: are you on glue? Shock

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2014 23:44

Even stronger in the US.

Met my own real life See-oh-ban in Orlando a couple of years ago.

The pronunciation differences with Aurelia are significantly less pronounced, it is clearly the same name.

Accents are interesting.

Bonnie for example - I would say Bon-ee. Someone with a strong Yorkshire accent would sound like they were saying Bon-uh to my ears.

beershuffle · 02/05/2014 23:39

That is true, the tendency to mangle lovely names is strong in the uk!

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2014 23:37

*example.

Fgs why must my iPhone sabotage me?!

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2014 23:36

To be fair beer there are people who can't pronounce their own names properly. Anglo -Phonetic pronunciations of Gaelic names being a classic exam

beershuffle · 02/05/2014 23:29

Maureen you are simply wrong to be so definite, there are at least two equally proper pronounciations.
Or-ray-lee-ah is a perfectly authentic way to say it.

Youre not so arrogant as to tell large numbers of people they cant pronounce their own names properly, are you?

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2014 23:28

Oh added an r at random.

I meant - Or-ee-lee-ah

I think the pronunciation is strongly accent based. It does interest me that Aurelius is always Or-ree-lee-us (except in Hollywood films not exactly famed for their accuracy) but there is much debate about Aurelia.

Being Welsh, Aur will always be an Or sound to me.

SoFetch · 02/05/2014 23:23

Orr-ay-lee-ah. I love that name.

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2014 23:22

Or-ree-lee-ah

LaCerbiatta · 02/05/2014 22:39

Sorry, but in love actually it's not Aw Ray Lia at all. It's Ow reh lia. The eh is the same as in 'fed'.

Jenda · 02/05/2014 22:27

I came across this name in Love Actually and she pronounces it Aw Ray Lia , like you said. So pretty

serin · 02/05/2014 22:19

R' even

R' Elia

Grin
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