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How do you pronounce Violet?

69 replies

SsoosS · 08/09/2017 18:57

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whiteroseredrose · 08/09/2017 18:58

Vye O Let

Pizzaexpressreview · 08/09/2017 18:58

I want to say vi-o-let but I think day to day it generally gets said as vye-let

EivissaSenorita · 08/09/2017 18:59

Vye o lit

Pizzaexpressreview · 08/09/2017 18:59

Bit like handbag gets pronounced hambag. We think we dont but most people do...

DjangoUnchained · 08/09/2017 18:59

Vye let

PattyPenguin · 08/09/2017 19:00

Vye - o - let. 3 syllables. Same way I pronounce the name of the flower or the colour in the rainbow.

lazydog · 08/09/2017 19:01

Yup, Vye-let here too.

VodkaRevelation · 08/09/2017 19:09

VY-uh-lut

Yourshakraishangingout · 08/09/2017 19:15

Vye-lut

ColintheCrow · 08/09/2017 19:16

Vi oh let. And handbag is handbag

Vanillamanilla1 · 08/09/2017 19:23

Vy let
Handbag is hand bag ive never heard it pron hambag

ToothTrauma · 08/09/2017 19:26

Vie-o-lut

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 08/09/2017 19:26

Vy-let, but No emphasis on the e

GoldenFleck · 08/09/2017 20:34

Vye o let

Bubblysqueak · 08/09/2017 20:35

I read it as vi-o-let but when I say it out loud it's vi-let (sorry not helpful).

Kittymum03 · 08/09/2017 20:38

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Pizzaexpressreview · 08/09/2017 20:52

Vanilla - I learnt it when we were doing a linguistic part of psychology. Nearly everyone does it and no one thinks they do....

BillBrysonsBeard · 08/09/2017 20:56

Vi-lert

Anditstartsagain · 08/09/2017 22:51

Vi-lit but the glasgow version of lit

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.

clumsyduck · 08/09/2017 23:13

Electrocution teacher Grin

clumsyduck · 08/09/2017 23:14

Another one for hambag over here Blush

And is pronounce it vye-let

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.

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 23:21

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

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