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[Opinions] Re: Bad pronunciations/ spellings you've sighted?
by jennifer
3/9/2014, 9:52 AM
in reply to a message by NobodyOfConsequence
How is MY uh for Maya bad? That's how we say it here, as a name and the tribe from the Yucatan Peninsula. Or is Maia not pronounced that way where you are?
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- NobodyOfConsequence
3/9/2014, 11:41 PM
Generally in Australia, at least in my experience, Maya is pronounced MAY-ə and Maia is pronounced MY-ə. I have known two Mayas pronounced that way and one Maia pronounced like that. So I thought it was confusing when I met a Maya pronounced MY-ə. That's all I meant.
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