Sarah or Seerah

[Loony BoB]

I've only ever heard Stephen pronounced Steve-in. Stefan, now that's a different story.

[Denmark]

i've only ever heard "Stephen" pronounced as "Steff-en" in one instance

[Pike]

What about the different ways you can pronounce "Stephen"? I've heard it both "steff-in" and "steev-in" and it confuses me.

This is my dad's name!

It's basically "Steven" but spelled funny.

It's actually annoying because it means his name is really close to mine and since we live in the same house at the moment the credit companies get us confused all the time and he has horrific credit

[Mindflare]

I would have thought you were all crazy for this topic had I not heard it aloud yesterday on Skype.

I pronounce them the same, but have begun to reconsider that...

[Rantz]

BoB and I say Megan the same and that is the right way because if you want to say it the other way put a smurfing H in the name.

Also ask Fujiko how to say her name and you'll see that Sarah/Sara are not always the same.

In Fujiko's case it's really more of a Swedish/English pronunciation difference, since Sara and Sarah is generally pronounced the same here.

[Shorty]

Whenever I hear the name Stephan/Stefan all I can think of is this hilariously amazing movie.

[Rebellious Eagle]

But then if his name is going to be pronounced "steev-in" why not just make his name Steven and not Stephen? :freak:

[Agent Proto]

Because Stephen is just another way to spell Steven.

[Tigmafuzz]

I think it's just another way to convuse people, because that's what English is best at. I don't think it's phery vunny.

[Pumpkin]

My uncle's name is Stephane and people call him Stephanie .

It's pronounced like stefph- an (the an being like the an in van, not like an on sound)

My mom's name is Aline and English people have trouble pronouncing it. I don't know why. It's pronounced like Ah-Lynn. But she gets like A-Line and Alien and Eileen?

[Shorty]

My mom's name is Aline and English people have trouble pronouncing it. I don't know why. It's pronounced like Ah-Lynn. But she gets like A-Line and Alien and Eileen?

I would pronounce it Ah-leen based on the spelling.

My grandmother's name was Eleene but many people misread or mispronounced her name or would address mail to "Eileen".

[Loony BoB]

I know you changed the thread title Sarah you selfish ho. Also, verified with Fujiko last night, I definitely pronounce Sara correctly. Aaaaand when we had like 15 people on Skype I wasn't much different (if different at all) to most people. I think you guys are reading Seer-ah different to how I read it. Accents. What fun!

[Jinx]

We're reading it exactly how you say it.

[Chris]

Then, how do you weirdos pronounce Zarah? Huh? Huh?

[Loony BoB]

I've only ever seen Zara, and I pronounce that just like I pronounce Sara and Tara but with a different initial consonant. Never seen Zarah, though.

And Sam, I think you were the only one who said it differently to me. xD I think Kent described the phonetics of it best when he said it's said similar to how people say 'carer', but then some of you guys probably say that differently too... we gotta vocaroo all this. >=]