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[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I was watching Medium last night (okay, early this morning), and the girl had a necklace that said "Tara". The characters kept calling her tar-uh. I've always heard it pronounced tare-uh.

How do you pronounce it?

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[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Tare-uh

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I say Tare-uh, but I've probably heard it pronounced just as often both ways.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I say tare uh, but I've heard it said both ways.

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

I've heard both. I dislike both!

[shweetnettie13.livejournal.com]

I've heard both, but I stick with Tare-uh because of Gone with the Wind.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I usually pronounce it Tare-uh.
I've heard it both ways, though. I don't like either.

[heysezi.livejournal.com]

Tar-uh is how we say it in Australia...I've only heard it pronounced Tare-uh by Americans on TV and stuff.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I say Tare-uh unless I'm told otherwise. I do know a couple people who go by Tar-uh.

[wickedcherub.livejournal.com]

This.

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

I know a Tar-uh

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I've always said it Tar-uh

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I've heard both, but I say tar-uh.

[skudge.livejournal.com]

In high school I knew a girl named Tara. She pronounced it tare-uh, but all the teachers always read it as tar-uh and she had to correct them.

[thesynergizer.livejournal.com]

tare-uh is american, tar-uh is british. and i guess austrailian too, based on the comments.

it was actually one of our names (pronounced the american way, rhymes with sarah) for awhile, but ended up not working out. i still love it though.

[heyskeleton.livejournal.com]

This. Tare-uh doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I never really thought about it until I heard it pronounced tar-uh, and realized that's more of the phonetic pronunciation.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

tare-uh is american, tar-uh is british. and i guess austrailian too, based on the comments.

That explains a lot, thank you :).

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

I always said Tar-uh, probably because I went to middle school with a girl who pronounced it that way.

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

This.

And Kara/Cara rhymes with Tara.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I've encountered both pronunciations.

[lorienellen.livejournal.com]

I would pronounce it Tar-uh until told otherwise. I do know women with the name, some who say Tar-uh and some Tare-uh.

[baby-thislove.livejournal.com]

tar-uh. that's how it's said here in australia.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I always ask how people want it pronounced because I've known Tar-a's and Tare-a', and both were very particular on the pronunciation.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Either or. I've heard both, I say both.

[coffeecup37.livejournal.com]

I'm from New Zealand and we pronounce it tah-rah/similar to American tar-uh but with less emphasis on the 'r'.

[summer-mommy.livejournal.com]

A woman I work with spells it Tara and half the people in the office call her tar-ah, which the other half call her tare-ah. I say tare-ah. Interestingly enough, I don't actually know how she truly pronounces it and I've worked with her for almost a year. lol.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of a girl I used to work with, her name was Eva, but one of our managers always called her A-vah. I wound up asking her, and she pronounced it E-vah.

[melly-issa.livejournal.com]

For me, it looks just like Sara(h). I've never heard that pronounced sahr-a. Although I have heard Tara pronounced both ways