How do you pronounce Ayla?

[AtYourCervix]

Ay - Lah

or

Eye - Lah?

I think it says in the first book that it is eye - lah but am prepared to be corrected!

I would say the first one.
Isla is the second.

I know an Ayla, and she pronounces it Ay-lah.

Sorry - I was assuming that the OP meant in the clan of the cave bear books as this was in adult fiction!

yes, i did mean the cave bear one

I have always said Ay-lah

Page 53, where Creb is trying to pronounce her name:
" Aay- rr", "Aay- lla, Ay-la?"

So Ay-lah from your opening post. I darn well hope so as it's part of my daughter's name!

Oops. Did not see it was in adult fiction.

Don't know about the Clan of the Cave Bear books, but it's a common Turkish first name and as such is pronounced Eye-La, Just the same as the scottish name Isla.

that's what confused me. thought it was Ay-La and then met a turkish baby ( v cute) called Aylah (Eye-Lah).

I'll go with Ay-Lah.

In the first book it definitely tells you near the beginning but I cannot remember for definite which way it was. It's really annoying me now!

I always pronounce it Eye-lah. This was our name for any DD but I say this as I read it as a Turkish name and phnetically this is how we would say.

DD has a schoolfriend called Ayla

It is pronounced Eye la

i love the clan of the cave bear books, i have them all. have you read the latest one?

I've always pronounced it like Isla....I'm sure I read something in the book that helped me come to that conclusion, but can't remember what.

sorry for dragging up an old post, but has anyone read the last book yet and what did you think?. i currently have it on order, but all the reviews i have seen are not to good.

Run, run for the hills. It's really terrible. I think it may have been ghost written in order to coin it in before the author dies fulfill contractual obligations.

one of the previous threads

Discussion here about how awful it is with link to further thread.

i think i wont be reading this one, thanks for saving me alot of borderm I would rather not read it and pretend it ended ok the all the disappointment, though i am thinking or reading the eragon series - just watched the film with the children. - though if anyone has a set to lend/sale i would ne interested.