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[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

To me, Sarah is a kid and Sara is an adult.

This is my name (with the H) and I was thinking of dropping it.


What do you think?


[Poll #861145]


And also - what do you picture for each version, etc.?

Comments

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

I dont picture anything really for either, I just prefer the spelling Sara. Its less fussy.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I never thought of one looking younger and one older. To me Sarah is the traditional Hebrew spelling and most people I've known with that name have spelled it that way.

[cienna2000.livejournal.com]

I personally do not see a difference, it's the same name and either spelling is fine with me. Personally I found changing my last name when I married to be a huge hassle and wouldn't bother with changing the spelling of my first name, but that's just me.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

I like both, but I think Sarah looks a little bit more complete.

[arianna.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[zante.livejournal.com]

I am a Sarah, but I dislike that there are so many of us around.

Thus, to get around this, I go by Sera online and with friends.

[space-monkey340.livejournal.com]

Sara looks like it's missing something and reminds me of a really bitchy girl I went to school with. Sarah makes me think of a sophisticated women.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Sarah is much prettier than Sara

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

To me, Sara and Sarah are pronounced differently...

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

That's odd to me. How do you pronounce each? Maybe it's a regional thing.


To me, and everyone I've ever known, Sara and Sarah are both pronounced sair-uh, the first syllable rhyming with hair/hare.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

To me, Sara is Sar-a, the first syllable rhyming with jar

[zante.livejournal.com]

Are you Australian?

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[tokossel.livejournal.com]

i pronounce sar-a like jar-a too, and sarah like sai-ra. but i know two sarahs who spell their names that way and pronouce it like jar-uh! one of them is american and the other is french-speaking. (& i'm british.)

[liss07.livejournal.com]

I agree, it's pronounced that way to me as well, and I'm English.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I agree! I was really surprised nobody else seemed to think so. To me, Sarah is pronounced "Sair-uh" - the first syllable rhyming with "air".

I see Sara as being "Sah-ruh" - to rhyme with Tara.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on that 100%

[ellycopter.livejournal.com]

but for americans, tara is tair-uh!

[ellycopter.livejournal.com]

sara is pronounced sah-ra.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

To me, and everyone I've ever known, Sara and Sarah are both pronounced sair-uh, the first syllable rhyming with hair/hare.

Maybe it's a regional thing?

[space-monkey340.livejournal.com]

I've never heard them pronounced differently either.

[liss07.livejournal.com]

Looks like it's a UK and Australian thing to pronounce them differently, so a country thing rather than a regional thing :)

[traecrochet.livejournal.com]

My sister is Sara and she pronounces it just like Sarah. I've never liked Sarah at all; it looks too old-fashioned (and I love old fashion names).

[home-to-me.livejournal.com]

It's funny, because my ideas on them are the opposite of yours. To me, Sarah is older, classier, ages better. And Sara looks more like a little girls' name to me.

[zante.livejournal.com]

I agree :)

Sara is cute and childish, Sarah is womanly.

[readreadme.livejournal.com]

My name is Sara pronounced Sair-uh. I always get people reading my name as Sar-ra. I prefer my spelling because its uncommon to have my spelling pronounced in that way. Or maybe I am just used to it ;)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Sarah with an H about a bajillion times better than Sara without (no offense to any Saras)
When I see Sarah I think, lovely, elegant, complete
When I see Sara I think unfinished and cutesy.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

different name in england. sara rhymes with car-uh sarah rhymes with hair-uh. i dont particuarly like either but i prefer sara. sarah is sooooo popular in my age group

[maine-girl.livejournal.com]

To me it's like Jon and John. Much prefer the H.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I agree about Jon and John. I feel the same way about Ann and Anne.

[-------1997.livejournal.com]

Sara seems,.. incomplete to me.

I just prefer Sarah, in my mind thats how its 'supposed' to be spelled.


As for age, I don't think it makes any diff.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Sara is more classier, sophistacated to me.

Sarah is just so plain to me.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

YES!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

If I see any difference it's the exact opposite of yours.

[pap3r-heart.livejournal.com]

I'm partial to Sara because that's my grandmother's name. She pronounces it just like Sarah. And I like it without the 'h' because less people spell it that way. Plus I feel like I've known a lot of plain girls named Sarah, so it's just "BLAH" to me.

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

I *hate* it spelled without the H.
I'm a Sarah. Maybe that's why? heh
It's the *original* Hebrew spelling and I think it should stay that way. :)
Sara seems lazy.

[mooie-ziel.livejournal.com]

or maybe more efficient?

My friend Sara and I (Lea) were both "without the H." I think both ways are fine.

[sarahjewel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I suppose. heh
There is a downside to the H though:
Since there are so many without it now, people are forgetting WHERE to put the H in Sarah.
I get "Sarha" "Shara" (<--???) "Sahra" etc. It's ridiculous. haha

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I get "Sarha" "Shara" (<--???) "Sahra" etc. It's ridiculous. haha

Me too! It is!

[bexeh.livejournal.com]

to me their both different names, dropping the H is changing your name, i dont even associate sara and sarah as being the same name, their different names in my eyes, and i dont really picture anything, their both widely used.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Sarah makes me think of the Bible, and Sara makes me think of Sara Stanley, the Story Girl in Lucy Maud Montgomery's books.

[thetruefalse.livejournal.com]

Call me a traditionalist, but I like it with the "h".

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

Sara strikes me as a little artsier and more unique.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I'll be a little biased because one of my best friends is Sara.

But for SARAH, I picture a tom-boyish girl who's smart and funny. But SARA I picture as somewhat ditzy, and intelligent too.

(Funny, as I was doing this, a Sarah signed in on my MSN.)