OK Penny (talk about confusion!) please can you tell me what the difference is because for the life of me I have never heard the name Sara or Sarah have the H pronounced. It just isn't physically possible!
Do you mean Sare-a (like Tara) as opposed to Saer-a (like bearer)?
Millymollymandy wrote:OK Penny (talk about confusion!) please can you tell me what the difference is because for the life of me I have never heard the name Sara or Sarah have the H pronounced. It just isn't physically possible!
Do you mean Sare-a (like Tara) as opposed to Saer-a (like bearer)?
lol!
Sorry to confuse you MMM!
You're right - Sarah sounds like bearer, and Sara like Tara... that's all!
It doesn't seem like a big difference I know but after a while/few years it gets annoying!
And THEN there's the American prounciation that sounds like 'Serrah' but that's a whole different story
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
theabsinthefairy wrote:Our local estate agents in the UK were called Doolittle & Dalley . Honestly - here is the link http://www.doolittle-dalley.co.uk/ to prove it!
You just reminded me of an estate agents near us called Crook & Blight, it makes me giggle everytime I see a house for sale through them!
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
The brother of an Old friend was called 'Chris Duck'. This wasnt too bad but he drove a lorry and on the side his livery read:
Chris.P.Duck Haulage
Oh and my wife and her side of the family all call me Noo Noo. Its the way my nephews and nieces could remember my name at the start. 11 years on they still call me Noo Noo.
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Millymollymandy wrote:OK Penny (talk about confusion!) please can you tell me what the difference is because for the life of me I have never heard the name Sara or Sarah have the H pronounced. It just isn't physically possible!
Do you mean Sare-a (like Tara) as opposed to Saer-a (like bearer)?
lol!
Sorry to confuse you MMM!
You're right - Sarah sounds like bearer, and Sara like Tara... that's all!
It doesn't seem like a big difference I know but after a while/few years it gets annoying!
And THEN there's the American prounciation that sounds like 'Serrah' but that's a whole different story
Thanks, I was trying to imagine a pronounciation like Sara-huh to aspirate the H!
To be honest I would have pronounced your name Sara as Sarah, as I didn't know there was any difference from the actual spelling (I'm quite sure there wasn't when I was a kid). I thought the alternative pronounciation was a modern thing, like spelling Nicky as Nicki.
Millymollymandy wrote:OK Penny (talk about confusion!) please can you tell me what the difference is because for the life of me I have never heard the name Sara or Sarah have the H pronounced. It just isn't physically possible!
Do you mean Sare-a (like Tara) as opposed to Saer-a (like bearer)?
lol!
Sorry to confuse you MMM!
You're right - Sarah sounds like bearer, and Sara like Tara... that's all!
It doesn't seem like a big difference I know but after a while/few years it gets annoying!
And THEN there's the American prounciation that sounds like 'Serrah' but that's a whole different story
Thanks, I was trying to imagine a pronounciation like Sara-huh to aspirate the H!
To be honest I would have pronounced your name Sara as Sarah, as I didn't know there was any difference from the actual spelling (I'm quite sure there wasn't when I was a kid). I thought the alternative pronounciation was a modern thing, like spelling Nicky as Nicki.
It's the Welsh variation of Sarah, definitely not a modern thing! I don't do modern
"It's breaking the circle.
Going to work, to get money, to translate into things, which you use up, which means you go to work again, etc, etc.
The Norm.
What we should be doing is working at the job of life itself."
- Tom Good, The Good Life.
My name is Judith and have been known as Judy since 1970 when the form teacher said one of us two Judith's had to be Judy...and i volunteered!
My eldest was called Seth and changed his name at 4 as he said he was now called Will... he is now 21 and none of his friends know thats his original name!
My middle child was named Mani (viking name for the moon) and he has been known as Jay (his middle name) by all for as long as i can remember.
My youngest is named Kushti and she loves her name...got one right anyway!!
oh and the middle one says he is changing his name to Vulcan when he leaves school this June togo to college!!
Well, Luke reverting to Luca has caused no real problems so far, except with his sister. She is only three but is emphatic that he will remain Luke to her. "After all" she said, hand on hip and finger wagging in his face "Luka is so girly!" I am sometimes amazed that she is still only three. More like three going on thirty three I think...
One from journalism days: a travelling country entertainer (the sort of bloke who used to do the bush circuit of CWA and community halls) who played keyboards. He was Ricky Cox, which lent itself nicely to headlines such as "Ricky Cox played an organ solo"! (He used to get extremely annoyed about papers taking the mickey like this, but wouldn't change his name.)
When I was in my teens in Canberra, we lived across the road from a plumber whose name was Mr Leak. He did play it up in all his business signage.
And at one time in Victoria, my then GF was seeing a Dr D'Eath. He had no sense of humour about his name.
The lead guitarist of The Fray is Joe King.
I've also come across the Downe combination of names, too. I think it was Neal (Neale?) Down. His wife was Ida and, from memory, I think three of the four or five children had names like Robert (Bob), Diana (Di) and Mark. I know there were a couple more with daft names but can't remember them. The whole family thought it was a good laugh, with the children's names being prompted by the hilarity caused at the parents' wedding when Neal married Ida and she became Ida Downe.
In Australia, Cherry Ripe is a rather disgusting chocolate bar. It's also the name of a well-known food writer and journalist.
And don't forget Radio 2's Fenella Fudge.
Or the poor girl in one of my year 9 classes: Jenny Taylor. I wouldn't be surprised if she'd changed her name.
I do have a notebook somewhere in which I wrote down all the strange name combinations I came across in 20 years as a journalist. Some of them are so unlikely you'd think they were urban legends until you'd seen people's driver's licences/passports.
My mum deliberately gave me a name which couldn't be changed or shortened so Sarah has stayed Sarah although I always hated it when I was at school as I was one of about 7 Sarahs'.
I did the same with my kids Mia, Emily and Daniel although they very rarely get called by their first names anyway. I'll still be using their nicknames when they are adults.
My eldest Mia is known as Roast Pig as she always squeeled like a pig when she was a baby.
Emily is pooter as she seemed to poop much more than any other child i have known
Daniel is called Wee Man after the bloke in Jackass, as he too has Achondroplasia.
Sarah.x
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And at one time in Victoria, my then GF was seeing a Dr D'Eath. He had no sense of humour about his name.
That reminded me of the time the hotelI worked in had a Halloween part - the first people to buy tickets were Dr D'Eath and the Adams family!
I once met a lovely lady called Carey who's maiden name was Fluker and she married a Mr Hunt. SHe decided to double barrel her surname for obvious reasons!
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
Millymollymandy wrote:I don't get Carey Hunt. Even if it is pronounced Carrie rather than like Scarey which I imagine it is.
Its pronounced like scarey - and think spoonerism!
Let us be lovely
And let us be kind
Let us be silly and free
It won't make us famous
It won't make us rich
But damn it how happy we'll be!
Edward Monkton
Member of the Ish Weight Loss Club since 10/1/11 Started at 12st 8 and have lost 8lb so far!
(talk about confusion!) please can you tell me what the difference is because for the life of me I have never heard the name Sara or Sarah have the H pronounced. It just isn't physically possible! 
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