How do you pronounce the names...

[vettechick99]

Lori

and

Laurie

Different or same?

 

[TaraPA]

I know several of each - and the ones I know all pronouce them differently.

Lori = LOHR-ee - rhymes with story
Laurie = LAHR-ee - rhymes with sorry

Now that's not to say that the Laurie you're asking about doesn't pronounce it as LOHR-ee...or even better - Lahr -AY!!!

 

[kirbsam]

same.

 

[java]

Is there something you are not telling us?

 

[KristaTX]

same

 

[vettechick99]

Is there something you are not telling us?

No. It's just something I've thought about recently. My sister is Laurie and we've always said Lor-ee. So said Laurie and Lori the same.

But down here it's Lau-ree. Just wondering what other people say!

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

Like TaraPA said....and then there's my niece. She's Loura instead of Laura and yes, they are said differently.

 

[crz4mm2]

No. It's just something I've thought about recently. My sister is Laurie and we've always said Lor-ee. So said Laurie and Lori the same.

But down here it's Lau-ree. Just wondering what other people say!

Same. both.

 

[monkey68]

I know several of each - and the ones I know all pronouce them differently.

Lori = LOHR-ee - rhymes with story
Laurie = LAHR-ee - rhymes with sorry

Now that's not to say that the Laurie you're asking about doesn't pronounce it as LOHR-ee...or even better - Lahr -AY!!!

See, I would say that story and sorry rhyme, unless you pronounce "sorry" like SAH-ree, which I've never heard. I would say Lori and Laurie are pronounced the same.

 

[jenrose66]

I pronounce them both the same

 

[vettechick99]

See, I would say that story and sorry rhyme, unless you pronounce "sorry" like SAH-ree, which I've never heard. I would say Lori and Laurie are pronounced the same.

Are you from the North? I saw sah-ree for sorry and I'm from GA. But my parents are from NY and I think that's why my sister is Lor-ee instead of Lau-ree. It's got that oah sound to it that yankees like so much.

 

[dismom2]

I pronounce them both the same. Laura Ingles Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) pronounced her name like Lora.

 

[jenrose66]

Are you from the North? I saw sah-ree for sorry and I'm from GA. But my parents are from NY and I think that's why my sister is Lor-ee instead of Lau-ree. It's got that oah sound to it that yankees like so much.

Yep, I'm from the north

 

[KitKat96]

Same.

 

[TaraPA]

I'm from the Northeast & pronounce sorry as SAHR-ee...not SORE-ee....so it must be regional...but then again I'm watching E! Network right now which is based in CA & someone just said "she should be SAHR-ee!"

I also have friends Laura & Lora. Around here they are different - Laura is LAHR-ah and Lora is LOHR-ah. Again, could just be the northeast dialect! I think we use the ahhh sound more than some. Others may say ohhh where we say ahhhh.

 

[laurie31]

My name is Laurie, and I hate being called Lori.

Lah-rie, not Lore-ee, thank you


Nothing's wrong with the name Lori, but it's not my name, any more than Lauren is, or Jane or Sue for that matter - lol.


(and now I am totally confused how "sorry" and "story" can rhyme. They sound nothing at all alike to me...)

 

[Tazicket]

I pronounce them the same.

 

[Mickey's Minion]

My name is Laurie, and I hate being called Lori.

Lah-rie, not Lore-ee, thank you


Nothing's wrong with the name Lori, but it's not my name, any more than Lauren is, or Jane or Sue for that matter - lol.


(and now I am totally confused how "sorry" and "story" can rhyme. They sound nothing at all alike to me...)

Even when you are old and decrepit you can learn new things. I am in my 50's, have lived all over the country and have never heard it pronounced Lah-rie.

I pronounce it the same for both (L+oar-ee), and I do say sah-ree, not soar-ee, but from now on I will ask first how the Lauri/Lori wants it pronounced.

 

[elgerber]

I pronounce them both the same. My mom is Laurie and it is Lore-ee sound.

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

To me, they are pronounced the same...but then, I don't understand why others think sorry and story DON'T rhyme!

Lara = L-Ah- ra
Laura = L - Oh -ra (therefore, Laurie = L - Oh - rie)

But, if I know someone likes their name pronounced a certain way, I defer to them (on a case by case basis!).

On a similar note, I had a friend named "Sara" who insisted that Sara has a "bar" sound to the first "a" while Sarah has a "bare" sound to the first "a". Other "Sara"s I've known insist that both are pronounced the same. How do others pronounce this name? I generally go with the 'a' from "bare".