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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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Lauren0000 · 04/03/2024 00:11

Vi eur let

PaminaMozart · 04/03/2024 00:14

Surely check with the Dowaget Countess of Grantham (deceased). She was a Violet...

Personally I prefer Violetta. Vee-o-letta

EmailMyHeart · 04/03/2024 00:17

Rhymes with pilot in my accent (Scottish)

Hibernatalie · 04/03/2024 06:41

It has 3 syllables but definitely one of those names that gets pronounced with 2 syllables when said fast or in some accents

SignoraVolpe · 04/03/2024 06:50

It’s human nature to shorten sounds when repeating the same word.
Therefore Violet will eventually become Vi-let.
My dn is Danielle. Her parents have always pronounced her name as Dan-yell. Makes me cringe.

DinnaeFashYersel · 04/03/2024 06:52

SignoraVolpe · 04/03/2024 06:50

It’s human nature to shorten sounds when repeating the same word.
Therefore Violet will eventually become Vi-let.
My dn is Danielle. Her parents have always pronounced her name as Dan-yell. Makes me cringe.

ie is meant to be pronounced y in that name.

Her parents are correct

ChaosAndCrumbs · 04/03/2024 06:56

DuesToTheDirt · 03/03/2024 20:29

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

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I’d say Vi-o-let, but the ‘o’ is the o at the beginning of ‘October’ and very soft.

Lalupalina · 04/03/2024 08:09

I say violet like violent (without the n)

Lalupalina · 04/03/2024 08:11

Does anyone pronounce violent as 3 syllables?

user1492757084 · 04/03/2024 08:29

VIRE - let .. rhymes with fire-let.

ColleenDonaghy · 04/03/2024 08:46

Lalupalina · 04/03/2024 08:11

Does anyone pronounce violent as 3 syllables?

Yes but the middle syllable is very quick and dominated by the first and third. MN has taught me this is called a schwa.

ColleenDonaghy · 04/03/2024 08:47

Oh and now I want to know how to pronounce Danielle that isn't Dan-yell.

DaisyHaites · 04/03/2024 08:52

Lalupalina · 04/03/2024 08:11

Does anyone pronounce violent as 3 syllables?

I think I would if I read it out, but in casual conversation I’d drop the schwa/middle syllable. It’s a common English trait to drop the schwa in the middle of the word.

I did the same when I read the title and thought “obviously vye-uh-lut” but on reflection, if I was using it mid sentence I’d almost certainly say vye-lut.

Cheville · 04/03/2024 09:00

ColleenDonaghy · 04/03/2024 08:47

Oh and now I want to know how to pronounce Danielle that isn't Dan-yell.

Some people don’t elide the ‘i’ into the ‘elle’ so much, so it’s more ‘DANNY-elle’. Three syllables rather than two, even if the middle one is unstressed.

ColleenDonaghy · 04/03/2024 09:03

Cheville · 04/03/2024 09:00

Some people don’t elide the ‘i’ into the ‘elle’ so much, so it’s more ‘DANNY-elle’. Three syllables rather than two, even if the middle one is unstressed.

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Interesting, thanks! You wouldn't hear that here at all, it's always Dan-yell.

SoOutingWhoCares · 04/03/2024 09:09

ColleenDonaghy · 04/03/2024 09:03

Interesting, thanks! You wouldn't hear that here at all, it's always Dan-yell.

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It's always Dan-yell where I'm from too. There's only one person I know who says dan-ee-yell and she's Welsh (valleys).

AmazingLemonDrizzle · 04/03/2024 09:12

South and Danny elle here too.

Also hearing lots of these variations the same and definitely 2 syllables.

Vile et
Vi let
Vire let
Via let.

All sounding v similar. I'm not quite sure how many times I've set violet.

Bringtheweatherwithyou · 04/03/2024 09:16

Dan Yell here too although I know one person with this name who pronounces it Dan Yell E!!!

Teamarugula · 04/03/2024 09:17

Vi (rhyme with bye)-uh-lut.

SoOutingWhoCares · 04/03/2024 09:18

Bringtheweatherwithyou · 04/03/2024 09:16

Dan Yell here too although I know one person with this name who pronounces it Dan Yell E!!!

Dan-yell-eh is the correct Italian pronounciation for Daniele...maybe some Italian background explains it?

Delphina17 · 04/03/2024 09:19

I have a Violet who gets very upset about people missing out the O in her name. She absolutely hates people pronouncing it Vi-let.

Teamarugula · 04/03/2024 09:21

Lalupalina · 04/03/2024 08:11

Does anyone pronounce violent as 3 syllables?

I do but the middle schwa is quite short. Vie-uh-lunt.

Tubbyinthehottub · 04/03/2024 09:42

HelpMebeok · 03/03/2024 21:02

@Supersimkin2

that sounds how I imagine someone with a strong Manchester accent saying the name.

What??? I'm in Manchester and I'd done a lol at the Var-let post. Like how super posh people say arn for iron.

Can't imagine a Manc accent pronouncing it like that at all.

I'd say Vi-let or maybe Vi-uh-let.

BouleDeSuif · 04/03/2024 09:53

Vio-let. I've just said it out loud so many times to see how I say it, that it sounds completely wrong now.

BlueMonday1977 · 04/03/2024 10:24

I have a Violet!

Viy Lut - two syllables. Sometimes there is a really soft third syllable 'Viy er lut'

Her full name is Violet Ophelia Mae and she always has compliments on it.