Obsessing over pronounciations again... Petra?

Girl Names
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[name]How[/name] do you pronounce [name]Petra[/name]?

Some pronunciation guides I have looked at said it is pronounced [name]PET[/name]-rah. I pronounce it more like [name]Pet[/name]-trah?

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I say [name]PET[/name]-ruh!

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Lol, I try pronouncing it like [name]PET[/name]-ruh, and it makes me sound like I am trying to talk with a different accent. Maybe it is an accent thing.

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[name]Just[/name] tried saying it out loud, and I guess I say it pet-truh. My tongue automatically does a little skiddering double-t thing.

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I say PEH truh.

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I say [name]Pet[/name]-trah too!

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I knew a [name]Petra[/name] in middle-school. We pronounced her name [name]Pet[/name]-trah, like you. Though [name]Petra[/name] isn’t my taste I think it is quite nice.

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I’ve always said “PAY-tra”

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I can’t even say it with a double T without a big pause in the middle. Definitely [name]Pet[/name]-ruh

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Kind of in between…closer to [name]PET[/name]-rah

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Something in between [name]PET[/name]-trah and [name]PET[/name]-truh. Like the tennis player, [name]Petra[/name] Kvitova (listen here): How To Pronounce Petra Kvitova - YouTube

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I usually hear the differences, but I confess [name]PET[/name]-rah/[name]PET[/name]-trah/[name]PET[/name]-truh…I say them all the same. Hmm.

I like [name]Petra[/name], but prefer the Italian [name]Pietra[/name] (Pee-et-tra).

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In English [name]Petra[/name] sounds harsh but on The Continent where they say it with a soft inflection and slowly it comes out beautifully as Pair traah.It is soft and slow and very pretty.

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When I say [name]Petra[/name] it sounds a like I’m saying Peh-chra. Like how the tree sounds like chree when you say it aloud, or maybe that’s just my accent.

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I say [name]PET[/name]-ruh. I once met someone who pronounced it PEET-ruh or PEE-truh (it’s been long enough that I don’t remember anymore which it was), which I did not like at all. However, dictionary.com suggests that this latter pronunciation is also the correct way to say the name of the city in [name]Jordan[/name]: Petra Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com (I’ve never said it like that before, though. Maybe I’m just ignorant?)