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I'll stand in for your daddy's people, since I'm Wisconsinite, born and bred. :D

I say SOY-yer. And for the sake of experiment, I wrote down the name and asked each of my sisters (16 and almost 13) individually how they'd pronunce it; they say SOY-yer, too. Which makes points for your side, but it's fair to point out that we're also from a family in which "costed" is the correct past tense of "to cost." So there's always the possibility that we're in the wrong. ;)

Array (also has never heard SAW-yer)

ETA: I just remembered that one of my roommates (a Minnesotan to the bones) has a young cousin named Sawyer. Another SOY-yer vote from the Midwest for you.

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"Yes," said Laura.

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This message was edited by the author on June 30, 2006 at 8:35:03 PM

• Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Lillian  Jun 30 2006, 3:02:40 PM
  • SOY-er, and LOY-er as well. I'm from California. nt - Julia  Jul 14 2006, 5:57:34 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Cleveland Kent Evans  Jul 5 2006, 1:37:39 PM
    • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Lillian  Jul 5 2006, 4:30:14 PM
  • SOY-yer - Jocelyn  Jul 5 2006, 12:18:09 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Aiver  Jul 4 2006, 11:53:20 AM
  • SOY-er and "attorney" ;o) (m) - Cambria  Jul 4 2006, 8:47:54 AM
  • My boyfriend, from Springfield Missouri says SAW-yer and LAW-yer - Elemmennope  Jul 4 2006, 12:33:01 AM
    • Oh, and I'm from Colorado. SOY-er and LOY-er for me. nt - Elemmennope  Jul 4 2006, 12:35:00 AM
  • Soyer and loyer in South Africa n/t - Anneza  Jul 2 2006, 11:40:12 PM
  • SOY-er and LOY-er n/t (Ontario, Canada) - Agata  Jul 1 2006, 11:59:22 PM
  • SOY-er and LOY-er, too - Seiele  Jul 1 2006, 1:16:57 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Kelseyyy  Jun 30 2006, 9:10:30 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Array  Jun 30 2006, 8:32:41 PM
  • In Australia it's definitely SOY-er and LOY-er :-) nt - Chrisell  Jun 30 2006, 8:29:30 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Tassiegirl  Jun 30 2006, 7:34:50 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Cleveland Kent Evans  Jun 30 2006, 5:42:54 PM
    • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Agata  Jul 2 2006, 12:02:57 AM
    • Well, I get around plenty *LOL* - Lillian  Jun 30 2006, 7:14:25 PM
      • Re: Well, I get around plenty *LOL* - Cleveland Kent Evans  Jul 3 2006, 12:15:33 PM
      • And adding... - Lillian  Jun 30 2006, 7:19:15 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Bri  Jun 30 2006, 5:00:17 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Kathryn  Jun 30 2006, 4:52:54 PM
  • Re: Pronunciation both in the US and globally - Sabrina  Jun 30 2006, 3:48:34 PM