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How do you pronounce Violet?

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SsoosS · 08/09/2017 18:57

DP and I disagree...

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FizzyGreenWater · 10/09/2017 16:35

Don't call her Violet Library Hambag though.

blacksax · 10/09/2017 16:33

I say 'andbag

PinkDonuts · 10/09/2017 16:15

I think I would say Vi-uh-let, but with very faint emphasis on the second syllable.

I say Han-bag.

Library is Lie-brur-ee

StatueInTheSky · 10/09/2017 15:19

i sort of pause and huff the "oh" part Vi-oh-let, so three parts, but the middle one is a breath out almost

same with Li-oh-nel

Doramaybe · 10/09/2017 15:16

It is Vylet.

If you want more syllables then choose the name Violetta. That's Veeohletta!

PoppyPopcorn · 10/09/2017 14:48

I would say it as two syllables - Vie - let. I think that's the pretty standard way of pronouncing it in Scotland.

FizzyGreenWater · 10/09/2017 14:47

Well where I live it would be VIY- LUTT!!

So a big no no. It's definitely one of those you need to think about!

Voy-lutt
Vi-o-let
Vi-lahhh
Viy-lert

Lots of eye watering possibilities

stellarfox · 10/09/2017 14:44

Vy-let

Threeandabit · 10/09/2017 14:38

Vi-let

How do people say sandwich? I always feel really awkward saying sandwich as I think I say it the wrong way.

ferrier · 10/09/2017 12:20

Samwidges Wink

Millipedewithherfeetup · 10/09/2017 11:48

Vi let

Oysterbabe · 10/09/2017 11:43

Vi-o-let Hambag. Beautiful name.

greendale17 · 10/09/2017 10:40

Vi-lort

IJustGotHitByADeer · 10/09/2017 10:34

I say VI-a-let and I am so glad hambag is not just me. As a child I assumed mum's hambag was where she kept her ham sandwiches Blush

Veterinari · 09/09/2017 20:14

Vi-oh-let
Han-bag
Library

Theatre is another one - most people say theer-ter not thee-a-ter

Doramaybe · 09/09/2017 19:19

Vylet

JennyOnAPlate · 09/09/2017 19:08

In my head it's vi-oh-let. What actually comes out of my mouth is vi-let. Sorry.

tabulahrasa · 09/09/2017 19:07

"No-one says hand-bag"

I do...

Library is lybrerry and violet is somewhere between vylet and vyalet.

MilkTrayLimeBarrel · 09/09/2017 18:57

Vi-O-let (and a lovely name).

I have never heard anyone say hambag - handbag is the correct pronuniciation.

twinjocks · 09/09/2017 18:49

Vi-alet
Han-bag
Lie-brerry

Huffletuff · 09/09/2017 15:35

Vi oh let. It has three syllables.

No one says hand bag

Erm, I do. Why would I say ham?! It's not a bag of meat.

TheImprobableGirl · 09/09/2017 15:25

I pronounce it vy ah lut

badtime · 09/09/2017 15:23

I realise my comment about Prime Minister doesn't really make sense - most people only pronounce one m, but I somehow pronounce both.

badtime · 09/09/2017 15:22

I say library, han-bag*, and via-let.

I also say Prime Minister instead of priminister.

*I think my pronunciation originated in full Norn Iron spake - it would have been 'hawn-beg' when I was growing up, so I wouldn't have learned the ham-bag pronunciation.

Pizzaexpressreview · 09/09/2017 10:57

"A Handbag" in Oscar Wilde definitely sounds the d but day to day we dont. there's a few like it - not to do with being well spoken but how certain sounds run together and mouth shape etc. In our heads we hear/think were saying a d.

There were other fab examples of words that sound the same but we think are different in our head. it was only a small part of my course though (I got a first but don't retain info!!) so would have to Google to find out all the why's!!

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