Message: "My column on Cara and Kara"

My column on Cara and Kara

by clevelandkentevans

3/28/2021, 5:57 AM

Here is a link to today's column on the names Cara and Kara.

I didn't have room to discuss the use of Kara as a male name in Turkey, where it is from a word meaning "black" which metaphorically can also mean "mighty."

https://omaha.com/cleveland-evans-kara-cara-holds-supergirl-appeal/article_4597beba-8cc1-11eb-a5d9-47cc566f50f9.html

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- noisynora +2

3/28/2021, 4:38 PM

That's interesting, I've never heard anyone pronounce it "car-ah", just "care-uh" for either spelling

- Anneza +1

3/30/2021, 8:48 AM

It's always car-a here in South Africa, and Clara is the same, but with an L. Clara doesn't rhyme with Sarah, but I believe that in the USA it does.

- Just Jonquil

4/1/2021, 10:08 PM

Clara rhyming with Sarah is the traditional British pronunciation, at least in England. That is how singer Dame Clara Butt's name was always pronounced there. But lately the other pronunciation is coming in.

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