Rhea

[-pickleparty-.livejournal.com]

How would you guys pronounce the name Rhea?

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[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

Just like the last two syllables of "diarrhea."

[aintlifesosweet.livejournal.com]

hahahaha

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

ree-uh, rythmes with beer. I have no idea if that's right, that's just how it looks to me how it should be pronounced lol.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

how do you pronouce beer?

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

like bee-uh i guess. I'm in the UK if that makes any difference lol.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

yeah it makes a huge difference! Which is why I asked. I'm in the US and beer rhymes with ear, near, peer, etc. not with ree-uh! :)

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

I'm in the UK, but I don't say beer like bee-uh. I say it as one syllable, rhyming with ear, rear, peer etc!!

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Yeah and then that would make Rhea sound like rear lol!

[krosp.livejournal.com]

it's probably because in most of the UK (like here in Australia) the "r" at the end of words isn't pronounced

[myfriendjenny.livejournal.com]

Ree-Ah

[myfriendjenny.livejournal.com]

I have heard it pronounced Ray, too. But Ray more when it is a last name and Ree-ah when more it is the first name.

[infernosgirl.livejournal.com]

Ray.

[seren.livejournal.com]

Ree-ah

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Ray though I have heard it as "Ree-uh" as well

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I've heard it as Ree-ah, Ree and Ray

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

Ree-uh

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i had a friend named that, she pronounced it: ray (like ray of light)- ah. ray-ah. hmm.

[aintlifesosweet.livejournal.com]

x2

[-pickleparty-.livejournal.com]

This is what I was hoping people would say. Do you know if her name is mispronounced a lot?

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

ree-uh

Like the actress Rhea Perlman (Carla on Cheers).

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

ray b/c the actress/comedian Carolina Rhea pronounces her last name that way and it's the only exposure i've had to it

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

Ray-uh?

[annenihilate.livejournal.com]

Or Rhea like Stephen Rhea which is pronounced like "ree". You know. The long E sound.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Ree-ah usually but I could see it being Ray-ah also

[yukonsally]

Ray.

[ellycopter.livejournal.com]

ree-ah.

[quiteoutofplace.livejournal.com]

Ree-uh. That's one of my fave names.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

REE-ah

[purple-gaze.livejournal.com]

I would pronounce it like the rhea in diarrhea, and the only Rhea I've met pronounced it that way too.

There's a character in Solaris called Rheya, that might be more what you're looking for.