http://laananas.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] laananas.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2006-04-18 09:19 am

Grayer?

I'm currently reading The Nanny Diaries for the 7th, 8th, maybe 9th time, and I still haven't figured out how to pronounce the little boy's name.

The name is Grayer. How would you pronounce that? Like Grair (rhymes with Blair)? Or like Gray-er?

[identity profile] miss--nikki.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
I love that book! I pronounced it Gray-er, whether it was right or wrong I do not know. :-)

[identity profile] sarahrose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
Off topic, but - you can tell that they're identical before birth? That's really mighty cool.

[identity profile] sarahrose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
"You" as the collective "they" lol.

[identity profile] miss--nikki.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Doctor's have a way of checking, but it's not 100% sure. I sort of thought they were identical just by my own research before the doc said, so when she said she had no doubt they were I believed her. They could come out not identical, it's never 100% until they are born, and even then until they do a DNA test I think.

I think it's SOOO cool :-)

[identity profile] sarahrose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
That's so awesome!

[identity profile] sarahrose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'd say it how it looks - Gray-er. Depending on the accent of the person saying it, both pronunciations might sound really similar anyway.

[identity profile] sotypical42483.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
At first glance, I said it like gray-air.

[identity profile] scottish-diva.livejournal.com 2006-04-19 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Gray-Air just like above said.