m-w.com has both alternative pronunciations of the first two, plus I’ve heard the “correct” version you’re probably referring to of both of them at some time. But the Laura one is pretty interesting, I don’t think I’ve heard anyone ever say it the way it’s supposed to be.
I’m relatively certain that you’re not supposed to pronounce the ‘t’ in often. I don’t know for certain about forehead, but I have a nagging suspicion that it’s something like ‘foe-head’. As for Laura, I’ve only ever heard it pronounced ‘Lore-a(soft a)’.
I fell out of the trip of caring about prescriptive linguistics a long time ago.
I do pronounce the ‘t’ in often, though, because it helps slow down my speech a little better. People often ask me to repeat things, so I find it helps to over-enunciate a little.
And you can pronounce that as an “o” sound “Lor-ah” or in the way you pronounce my name as more of an “ah” sound so “Law-ra”. No one believes me, but until I was about 11, I had never even heard my name pronounced “Lor-ah”, it was always “Law-ra”.
the funny bit about Laura is that I’ve actually had someone tell me that I’m saying my own name wrong. Actually lectured me about it! After the slightly-pissed feeling went away I thought it was hilarious.
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I usually suck it up when other people (sometimes even other Lauras) mispronounce my name. They “often” do. :) I have to admit, it does make me happy when people say it correctly.
I used to hang out with a Lora, and introductions were such a pain. “That’s Lore-a. I’m Lah-ra.”
Nowhere in American English does “au” make an “o” sound.
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September 23rd, 2006 at 1:56 am
m-w.com has both alternative pronunciations of the first two, plus I’ve heard the “correct” version you’re probably referring to of both of them at some time. But the Laura one is pretty interesting, I don’t think I’ve heard anyone ever say it the way it’s supposed to be.
September 23rd, 2006 at 9:47 am
I’m relatively certain that you’re not supposed to pronounce the ‘t’ in often. I don’t know for certain about forehead, but I have a nagging suspicion that it’s something like ‘foe-head’. As for Laura, I’ve only ever heard it pronounced ‘Lore-a(soft a)’.
September 23rd, 2006 at 10:31 pm
Offen.
four-head.
Bitch. Er, I mean, Lore-a.
I refuse to look anything up.
September 23rd, 2006 at 11:05 pm
I fell out of the trip of caring about prescriptive linguistics a long time ago.
I do pronounce the ‘t’ in often, though, because it helps slow down my speech a little better. People often ask me to repeat things, so I find it helps to over-enunciate a little.
September 24th, 2006 at 1:52 am
I say the “t” just as much as I don’t say it.
I say fore – head.
And you can pronounce that as an “o” sound “Lor-ah” or in the way you pronounce my name as more of an “ah” sound so “Law-ra”. No one believes me, but until I was about 11, I had never even heard my name pronounced “Lor-ah”, it was always “Law-ra”.
September 25th, 2006 at 6:47 am
My pronunciations appear to be on the lists. Uh, woo?
(Although in the last one, did you mean Laura or laura?)
September 27th, 2006 at 5:56 am
the funny bit about Laura is that I’ve actually had someone tell me that I’m saying my own name wrong. Actually lectured me about it! After the slightly-pissed feeling went away I thought it was hilarious.
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I usually suck it up when other people (sometimes even other Lauras) mispronounce my name. They “often” do. :) I have to admit, it does make me happy when people say it correctly.
I used to hang out with a Lora, and introductions were such a pain. “That’s Lore-a. I’m Lah-ra.”
Nowhere in American English does “au” make an “o” sound.