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Marie? And pronunciation

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cornflowery · 04/04/2018 15:06

Marie is top of my our list. It's a name that appears in all sides of our families- despite them being from different parts of Europe - which I think is lovely. And I love the name too.
Anyway, DD due any day now. DH said last night that people will pronounce it just like the word "Marry" - which I don't particularly like.

People sometimes mispronounce, or rather just put emphasis on a different part / vowel of my DS name. It doesn't actually bother me too much. But we use a shortened version of his name (which everyone knows how to say) quite a lot - and we can't really do much shortening with the name Marie.

We are thinking of Marie Eloise Lastname, so opinions on that would be nice too.

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xLeanne128 · 04/04/2018 15:15

Now im saying it to myself think I meant muh-ree, confused however Frank says it to Marie from everybody loves Raymond 😂

xLeanne128 · 04/04/2018 15:14

MA-REE lovely name x

DragonsAndCakes · 04/04/2018 15:13

I’d say it muh-REE as I’ve known two spelt that way.

SardineJam · 04/04/2018 15:12

Agree, I only know it as Muh-REE

harrietm87 · 04/04/2018 15:12

It's pronounced marry in NI (kind of
like the Scots Mairi)

DixieFlatline · 04/04/2018 15:11

Is there a region of the UK (or elsewhere) that pronounces it like marry? I've only heard Muh-REE (or Ma-REE) in the UK.

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