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in reply to a message by aquamarina
Marie is also pronounced that way in Britain sometimes. We say Marie-Claire "Marry-Claire" not "Ma-REE Claire", and I've known several women named Marie who say "Marry".
Some people, technically incorrectly, pronounce Mhairi and Mhari with an 'M' sound too. I've known more than one Mhari.
♥Elinor
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Some people, technically incorrectly, pronounce Mhairi and Mhari with an 'M' sound too. I've known more than one Mhari.
♥Elinor
If Britons were left to tax themselves, there would be no schools, no hospitals ... Just a 500-mile-high statue of Diana, Princess of Wales.
This message was edited 8/19/2008, 2:50 AM
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Thanks! What is the difference between Mhairi and Mairi; I take it the 'mh' is pronounced like a 'v'? Is one more traditional than the other, or are they just regional variants, do you know? (I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding this out!)
I'm British too, although I've never met any "Marry" Maries. I do say "Marry-Claire" for the magazine, but that's how it's pronounced in French as well (it's sort of treated as one word, so the stress goes on the end syllable, Claire). Interesting... Although I was actually looking for a name sounding like "MAH-ree", not "Marry" - the first syllable rhyming with 'car' :)
I'm British too, although I've never met any "Marry" Maries. I do say "Marry-Claire" for the magazine, but that's how it's pronounced in French as well (it's sort of treated as one word, so the stress goes on the end syllable, Claire). Interesting... Although I was actually looking for a name sounding like "MAH-ree", not "Marry" - the first syllable rhyming with 'car' :)
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Mhairi is the vocative case of Mairi. Native Gaelic speakers wouldn't use Mhairi as a given name, only in its proper grammatical context. But it's been widely adopted by non-Gaelic speakers as a 'different' name, an alternative to Mary I suppose, which everyone was getting bored of :)
Ohh, I see what you mean about MAH-ree being different from 'marry'. Hmm. I can't think of one though...
Ohh, I see what you mean about MAH-ree being different from 'marry'. Hmm. I can't think of one though...
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