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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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mamahanji · 09/09/2017 09:41

It was one of my favourites for my dd1.

Vye-lut (lut rhymes with put)

museumum · 09/09/2017 08:47

I say something a bit like vialet too op. Or viulet. The middle sound is an a/u combination.
I'm Scottish if that helps. I definitely wouldn't annunciate an o sound in the middle.

grasspigeons · 09/09/2017 08:42

Vye - let.
The girl in incredible says vye-let
And in my opinion, 'Roses are red, vi o let's are blue' - puts too many syllables in the second line.it only makes sense as ' vye-lets are blue'

chancerprancer · 09/09/2017 08:37

That's very funny @pizzaexpressreview as I had this very revelation yesterday when dd age 6 asked why it's called a HAM-bag. As I corrected her I realised it does sound like that!

ChainingDaisy · 09/09/2017 08:17

3 syllables, Vi o lut. Also han bag.

MyOtherProfile · 09/09/2017 08:06

How do you and dh pronounce it OP?

I say via-lut. And han-bag.

InstaHun · 09/09/2017 08:04

Vi-let
Hambag
Lie-bree

grufallosfriend · 09/09/2017 07:59

Two syllables: Vile-ett

Proudmummytodc2 · 09/09/2017 01:48

Vi-let

LondonLassInTheCountry · 09/09/2017 01:06

Hambag here too :)

SomeOtherFuckers · 09/09/2017 00:58

Vye-let

Heratnumber7 · 09/09/2017 00:11

Vie uh lut

NC4now · 08/09/2017 23:42

I read Vi-olett.
I say Vhylut.

MollyHuaCha · 08/09/2017 23:38

Lady Bracknell most definitely says 'hand-bag'.

C0untDucku1a · 08/09/2017 23:30

Doing the same. How friday nights have changed Grin conclusion:
Li-bry
Hanbag
Vi-let

WhingyNinja · 08/09/2017 23:26

Oh good, I'm sat saying 'violet, library and handbag' to myself over and over again.

Vye-lut

Han-bag

Lye-bree

Wtf? I thought I was well spoken but am actually a fucking idiot!? Grin

TheNext · 08/09/2017 23:25

Vee-oh-lay

Henrythehoover · 08/09/2017 23:24

Vylet.

As for handbags I always though they where called hambags as that's how everyone I knew growing up pronounced it so as a child I thought they were made of pig.

MollyHuaCha · 08/09/2017 23:23

Three syllables. But I also put three syllables into the word chocolate.

ferrier · 08/09/2017 23:21

Apparently another one that nobody says is lib-ra-ry. It's either li-bry or li-ba-ry.
So all my years telling my kids to say it properly (li-bra-ry) have been wasted Blush

MoonfaceAndSilky · 08/09/2017 23:20

I'm now laying in bed saying out loud vi-o-let... vi-let... handbag... hambag.
I definitely pronounce it vy-uh-lut and hambag

ferrier · 08/09/2017 23:19

No-one says hand-bag. A very few people say han-bag and most say ham-bag or something very similar.

I say vye-uh-lut but the middle syllable is very short.

clumsyduck · 08/09/2017 23:14

Another one for hambag over here Blush

And is pronounce it vye-let

clumsyduck · 08/09/2017 23:13

Electrocution teacher Grin

Buntysoven · 08/09/2017 23:11

Shock I never realised I said hambag until now...my electrocution teacher would have a fit Grin I say Violet as Vialet. I'm an idiot.

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