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[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Which do you prefer, Seamus or Shay?


EDIT because I'm curious

How do you pronounce Tamara?


TAM-a-rah
Ta-MAR-ah (rhymes with 'are')
Ta-MARE-ah (rhymes with 'air')

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

seamus! i dont like shay at all.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

SEAMUS!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

x2

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Seamus.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

Seamus, definately. Shay is a nice nickname.

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

Shay, because I don't like Seamus.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I like Seamus better. I went to school with a Shay...his real name was Ashton.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

That's different. I don't see getting Shay from Ashton.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Seamus and Ta-MAR-ah.

[aderyn333.livejournal.com]

Seamus
TAM-a-rah

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Ta-MAR-ah

[http://users.livejournal.com/hajari_/]

Seamus
Ta-MAR-ah

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Seamus nn Shay. :)
ta-MAR-uh

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I prefer Seamus over Shay, definitely.

As for Tamara, I pronounce it Tam-are-ah. It's my friend's name (Although we call her Tami). (Are is like the word)

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I prefer Seamus, and I pronounce Tamara like option 2 (Ta-MAR-ah (rhymes with 'are'))

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Seamus for sure!

Also I pronounce Tamara as Ta-MAR-ah

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Tah-MARE-ah

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Ta-MAR-ah only cause i know someone who says it like that.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Seamus! I love that name. Shay/Shae could be a nickname.

[salenite222.livejournal.com]

I say Tam-er-a.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

A lady at my church pronounces her name (which is Tamara), Tam'ra. We're southern and we talk fast (not stereo typing other southerners, but we have really thick accents at my church... haha) I like Seamus. Shay is a girls name imo - many, many African American girls at my school named Shay, Shea, Shaa (yes, seriously), and, my favorite, Shyay. ;/ Yes, I know it's Irish but... I don't like it on a boy - and isn't it spelled Shea for a boy?

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Actually, from what I found, it's Shay for a boy and Shea for a girl.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Really? I feel really bad for the boys at my school.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I'm basing it off the SSA site.

Shay hasn't been on the Top 1000 since 1995.
Shea (for a boy) was 1001 in 2006
Shea (for a girl) was 893.

So, it could be used for either, but it seems to be more commonly used for a girl.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

SSA ftw!

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Seamus and Tam-rah.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

It's hard for me to compare them, because the only Shayes I've ever known were female. I definitely prefer that to Seamus, if only because I don't like the name Seamus at all.

When I see Tamara, my first instinct is to say TAM-uh-ruh, because that's how a friend in my kindergarten class pronounced it. Tuh-MAIR-uh actually sounds a little better to me...I'm a sucker for the "mare" sound...but always makes me think of "Sister, Sister." Not that anyone else really remembers that all that well, but I'd be tempted to sing the theme song to anyone I met named Tamara who pronounced it that way.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

I remember that show! That's actually kind of why I asked, because I found the Ta-MAIR-ah pronunciation to be weird, because I'd always pronounced it TAM-a-rah

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

I love Shay...for a girl.

I've always hated the name Seamus.

Tamara is very versatile in its pronounciation. Tuh-MAIR-uh, Tuh-MARR-uh, TAM-uh-ruh...

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Seamus. I knew a girl named Shay.

TAM-a-rah.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

Seamus. I think of Shay as a girl's name because of Flavor of Love.. hehe

Ta-MARE-ah

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Ta-MARE-ah.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Shay, but I prefer it spelled Shea. I hate Seamus when pronounced SHAME-us; I knew a Seamus who pronounced it SHAWM-us, which I much prefer. Still, I like Shea better.

I think Tamara would be acceptable any of the ways you listed, but the two Tamaras I've know have both pronounced it TAM-a-rah, and generally went by Tam or Tammy.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

seamus.
ta'maaa-rah

[minga13.livejournal.com]

Ta-mar-ah

[purrzik.livejournal.com]

Ta-MAR-ah

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

Tamara is a complicated name.

Tamra is TAM - ra
Tamera is Ta - MARE - a
Tamara is Ta - MAR - a (like the a in apple)

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

To me, Tamera is TAM-er-a