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How would you pronounce "Ada"

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newbian · 26/07/2017 14:30

  1. aid-a
  2. aw-da
  3. add-a

Thanks!

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newbian · 27/07/2017 01:21

Thanks all. It's the first three letters of a foreign name from my family's language and it sounds like ahhh-da/aw-da. Most of you are saying aid-a which means if we used "Ada" as the nickname it would constantly be mispronounced. Think we'll choose a different name.

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mamabeak · 26/07/2017 22:48

[A-da] (as in Capital A), unless it was a European name, in which case [Ah-da]

LucyLocketLostIt · 26/07/2017 22:06

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early30smum · 26/07/2017 21:48

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ThinkOfTheHorses · 26/07/2017 21:46

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DumbledoresApprentice · 26/07/2017 20:32

I've taught a few. It's a common name for teenage girls in my area.
Of the ones I can think of off the top of my head
2= ADD-ah
1= EH-dah
1=AAH-dah

user1459464195 · 26/07/2017 19:08

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WhenLoveAndCakeCollide · 26/07/2017 18:27

Ada is Ay-da.

Adah, which is a Biblical name, is ah-dah.

BendydickCuminsnatch · 26/07/2017 18:07

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Sophronia · 26/07/2017 18:07

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Celestia26 · 26/07/2017 18:00

It's just how it is said where I'm from.

Mummamayhem · 26/07/2017 17:48

I know someone who pronounces it ar-dah and in some languages it would be a-dur. English pronunciation is aid-a.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/07/2017 17:45
Beelzebop · 26/07/2017 17:43

Ayda

EllenJanethickerknickers · 26/07/2017 17:41

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DramaAlpaca · 26/07/2017 17:38

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elQuintoConyo · 26/07/2017 17:37
Floggingmolly · 26/07/2017 17:35

But Ida is a different name entirely, Celestia, not an alternative pronunciation for Ada!

ScarletForYa · 26/07/2017 16:58

Ay-dah

Celestia26 · 26/07/2017 16:55

Eye-Da. I know it's not one of your options but I think accent is a factor in this!

DramaInPyjamas · 26/07/2017 16:36

But I've heard it pronounced 3) once

missmoohoo · 26/07/2017 16:33

There is an American play by that name.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vm8b6NgmSQ0

BeyondThePage · 26/07/2017 15:58

Ahhhhhhhhhh-da, but I am of a Scandinavian origin.

Floggingmolly · 26/07/2017 15:47

A male Ada Shock

TheDinnerWitch · 26/07/2017 15:43

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