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Variant English Pronunciation: KLAR.
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My name is Claire, and I'm Welsh. My boyfriend is American and he cannot get over how Welsh people pronounce my name. He says it comes out like "Kl-ehh" or "Kl-ey", because we don't roll the "r" at all.
When I was in university, there were a lot of English people, and I always had to tell them my name at least twice, and often change the way I said it so they'd understand.
English people, particularly southerners, will say it more like Jane Eyre - "Kl-eyre" or "Kl-ehhr".
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When I was in university, there were a lot of English people, and I always had to tell them my name at least twice, and often change the way I said it so they'd understand.
English people, particularly southerners, will say it more like Jane Eyre - "Kl-eyre" or "Kl-ehhr".
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I would say that there is a slight difference in pronunciation from French to English. In English it's Cl-air and in French it's cl-Erh.
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My name is Claire and I have also known other Claires, and I would have to say the pronunciation as "Kler" isn't correct in any language. The proununciation is "Cl - AIR" or "Kl - AIR" with the "air" sound as opposed to an "er" sound.
[ER = air on this site's pronunciation guide -ed]
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[ER = air on this site's pronunciation guide -ed]
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