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Violet pronunciation

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HelpMebeok · 03/03/2024 18:42

How would you pronounce Violet. I say Vi O Let but have lots of friends saying Vi Let

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Sleepyquest · 03/03/2024 20:50

My daughters name is also Violet and now I'm questioning how I say it and not sure how I do 😂

Aggien · 03/03/2024 20:45

My daughters name is Violet, we all say ViOlet, or Vi for short x

DanceMumTaxi · 03/03/2024 20:41

Vi-let

Bringtheweatherwithyou · 03/03/2024 20:40

HelpMebeok · 03/03/2024 18:42

How would you pronounce Violet. I say Vi O Let but have lots of friends saying Vi Let

I Sauvignon-Uh-Let. . I’d never use this name because I know so many people who say Vi-Let.

FayCarew · 03/03/2024 20:40

@WhoaJayShettybambalam , but how do you say Viola. It can be Vigh-O-la or VIGH-uh-la.

User364837 · 03/03/2024 20:40

I do it the 3 syllable way but an ‘er’ rather than ‘oh’ in the middle
so Vi-a-lut

WhoaJayShettybambalam · 03/03/2024 20:38

Viol (like viola) let

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 03/03/2024 20:35

Vi uh let, but with the second syllable barely there.

Wooloohooloo · 03/03/2024 20:35

Viluht (soft T). Lancashire accent.

DinnaeFashYersel · 03/03/2024 20:34

Vi-let

Scottish

43ontherocksporfavor · 03/03/2024 20:33

Have one in my class. Everyone says Vi-lut, including the child herself.

penjil · 03/03/2024 20:32

Supersimkin2 · 03/03/2024 19:04

Var-let. London& RP.

Var-let??

Nah, pet.

penjil · 03/03/2024 20:31

TiramisuTastesDreamy · 03/03/2024 18:45

I’d pronounce it Vi-lot

Vi-lot??? 😬

DuesToTheDirt · 03/03/2024 20:29

SnakesAndArrows · 03/03/2024 18:44

VI uh let. Emphasis on the first syllable, exactly as the flower and the last colour in the rainbow.

Agreed. I've never heard anyone say Vi O Let.

StampOnTheGround · 03/03/2024 20:10

Vi-let and another one who hasn't heard the O pronounced before, ever!

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 03/03/2024 20:04

Vi-lut

FayCarew · 03/03/2024 19:42

VIGH-(uh)-let

boysmuminherts · 03/03/2024 19:11

Vye (rhymes with bye) oh lut
(You almost don't hear the middle syllable though)

Favouritefruits · 03/03/2024 19:09

Vie lut but I have a very broad northern accent

UniversalTruth · 03/03/2024 19:08

Suth England - I say Vi-(u)-lert

The middle sound merges into the third.

I like the name but if it bothers you today others will say it differently to you, then I wouldn't choose it.

Otoh, by the time she's a teen she'll be Vi to everyone I expect.

lioneggs · 03/03/2024 19:08

Vie lut

Soapboxqueen · 03/03/2024 19:07

VI-a-let (NE England)

happyhippo24 · 03/03/2024 19:05

Vi-lit

Supersimkin2 · 03/03/2024 19:04

Var-let. London& RP.

mintich · 03/03/2024 19:03

Vi-let ( Scottish accent )
my husband says Vi-o-let (RP accent)