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"Laura". How do you pronounce it?

Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:33 pm
Posted by LSUtiger17
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2009
3081 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:33 pm
And where are you from. I'm from LA and I pronounce it LAR-a. My girlfriend is from Chicago and she pronounces it LOR-a. I never realized that there was a discrepancy in pronunciation until tonight
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17285 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:33 pm to
Lore-Ah
Posted by Bushmaster
19th Hole
Member since Oct 2008
39616 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:34 pm to
Your gf can read. You can't.
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
4641 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:34 pm to
El-Ay-Youre-Uh OBVIOUSLY
This post was edited on 2/28/17 at 9:35 pm
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15851 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:35 pm to
I know plenty of Lauras and Laurens in Chicago.

It's LOR-a.
Posted by TFS4E
Washington DC
Member since Nov 2008
13114 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:36 pm to
I say it like the hispanics

LOW-Rrra (have to roll the r)
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3970 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:36 pm to
Law-rer
Posted by PaperPaintball92
Fly Navy
Member since Aug 2010
5291 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:38 pm to
Lor-a
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79595 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:39 pm to
Lawra.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98078 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:39 pm to
Prayers sent for dating a yankee.
Posted by TheAlmightySmash
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2014
5479 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:40 pm to
I say Law-ra and i've never been corrected so fk it
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110490 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:40 pm to
Law-ruh
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:40 pm to
Either depending on what they tell you their name is?
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
66975 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:40 pm to
quote:

LAR-a

this or LAR-uh
This post was edited on 2/28/17 at 9:42 pm
Posted by NawlinsTiger9
Where the mongooses roam
Member since Jan 2009
34744 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:40 pm to
Lore-uh

Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:41 pm to
Lor-uh
Posted by knight_ryder
XTC cabaret
Member since Jan 2015
3356 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:43 pm to
Sl-ut
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57426 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:44 pm to
I've always said LAW-ruh but I never really thought about it until now
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
110490 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:44 pm to
quote:

I've always said LAW-ruh
I don't know that I've ever heard anyone pronounce it any other way.
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
75242 posts
Posted on 2/28/17 at 9:44 pm to
The way my wife said it was when I met her
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