How would you pronounce this as a middle name?

[stiletto_mom]

Vera

Veer-ah (like Vera Wang)
or
Vair-ah (like aloe vera)

 

[JumpingIn]

I say them both the same...VEER-uh

Have I been saying aloe vera wrong all these years?

 

[wannabemomy37]

Like aloe vera (vair-uh)

 

[MrsPoodle]

Veer-a, it was my nan's name. I also say aloe vera veer-a! You learn something new every day!

 

[bumblebeexo]

Veeee-ra!

 

[Eleanor ace]

I say both (Vera Wang and aloe vera) the same- Veer-uh.

 

[RubyRainbows]

Veer-uh (like Vera Wang & Vera Bradley) - knew a 90 some year old woman with this name and that's how she pronounced it too.

I def wouldn't pronounce it the same as I would say Aloe Vera. (vair-uh)

 

[minties]

I say them the same, I can't see how you wouldn't?

One of my great grandmas was Viwa and her sisters were Vi, Vue and Vera. We called her Vera with the 'e' sounding like the 'air' in fair or hair. They were all born in Fiji so I don't know if that changes the way Vera was pronounced.

The different accents that we all have on here make the interpretations confusing though.

 

[venapols]

Vera Wang and aloe Vera are both pronounced the same = Vee-rah

 

[Betheney]

Veer-uh like Vera wang but that is also how I say Aloe Vera.

 

[Surprised26]

I think the pronunciation might be a regional thing (kind of like the US-UK difference in the word Garage). My first instinct was "Vair-ah" but then I got to thinking about it and I'm not really sure which way I would pronounce it if I wasn't focusing on it.

 

[minties]

Definitely vair-ah in New Zealand. I've never ever heard veer-ah and I'm not even sure how you would say it? The 've' as in verge? Sounds weird to me. Or the 'ee' part like the ee's in pee?

 

[Shilo]

I say it like Vera Wang. Love Vera!

minties - It almost sounds like ear with a V at the beginning and a on the end. Vear-a. Best way I can think of to explain it lol. More like ee in pee.

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z84mwsSO95Q

 

[THart]

Veer-uh

I do pronounce aloe vera. As vair-ah though lol

 

[minties]

Vear and vair are the same to me lol! I'll watch that video now, thanks.

The video sounds like vair-ah to me.

 

[JumpingIn]

Minties you're making me think of Flight of the Conchords! Brit? No, Brit!

Ear and Air sound really different in my boring British accent.

 

[minties]

Haha! Us kiwis have probably mangled the English language somewhat. Ear/air are the same from my gob. As bear/beer/bare would be. Also hair/here etc etc.

I'm going to try and say Vera in an elegant British accent from now on ;-)