Lyra pronunciation?

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Lyra pronunciation
  • Lie - ra
  • Lee -ra
  • Leer - a

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Lie - ra is my fave, but do you think people will pronounce it wrong?

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i think the majority of people would pronounce it Lie-ra as that is the most phonetic.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] thoughts exactly.

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I would always say lie-ruh in english, though I’d say lee-rah in norwegian, which is my second language.

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Lie-ruh is my instinctive pronunciation and I’ve met 2 who used that pronunciation

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I think I would pronounce it [name_u]Lee[/name_u]-ra, even with [name_f]Lyra[/name_f] spelling.

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When I read His Dark Materials trilogy for the first time, it was [name_u]Lee[/name_u]-ra in my head but now that I saw the serie, I say Lie-ra

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I pronounce it Lie-ruh.

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Lie-ra doesn’t flow when I say it unfortunately, so my natural inclination is to pronounce it leer-a. One of the [name_f]Star[/name_f] Wars spinoff movies pronounces it leer-a as well.

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when I first read His Dark Materials I thought it was pronounced leer-a but I was quickly corrected :wink: lie-ra and leer-a are both very pretty, but I prefer leer-a spelled Lira and lie-ra spelled [name_f]Lyra[/name_f].

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I pronounce it Leer-uh because of someone with the name, but Lie-ruh makes sense!

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