how do you say and spell the name Bailey for a girl?

[mjkacmom]

So like "Da-wun"?

Nope, just one syllable - D-awe-n.

 

[corndog]

Nope, just one syllable - D-awe-n.

Oh, like "Don."

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

Oh, like "Don."

Nope Don is an ah sound Dawn is an aw sound in the NE.

 

[5lilfish]

I'd love to know how tay-lor and tailor are pronounced differently. To me, it's the same thing.

Though my friend from New Jersey did have to explain why Mary, marry and merry sound different. To this Californian, they're said the exact same way!

TAY-lor vs tail-or...the first has a long 'A' and accent on first syllable. The 2nd has a short 'a' and no accent.

Jess

 

[lilyv]

TAY-lor vs tail-or...the first has a long 'A' and accent on first syllable. The 2nd has a short 'a' and no accent.

Jess

Hmmm...I'm still trying to understand this. I guess I've just heard Liz Taylor's name pronounced a certain way for many years. It would never occur to me to pronounce Taylor with a short a. So would that selective pronunciation rhyme with pallor?

 

[juligrl]

Bailey and I say it Bail-ey, but I'm from Pittsburgh and we mispronounce everything.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

TAY-lor vs tail-or...the first has a long 'A' and accent on first syllable. The 2nd has a short 'a' and no accent.

Jess

Interesting. I've never heard tailor pronounced with a short a sound. I'm curious, in what part of the country is it pronounced that way?

 

[EMom]

Hmmm...I'm still trying to understand this. I guess I've just heard Liz Taylor's name pronounced a certain way for many years. It would never occur to me to pronounce Taylor with a short a. So would that selective pronunciation rhyme with pallor?

Indeed, it would.....And my already immense confusion would increase tenfold. I take my clothes to the tailor that rhymes with Taylor. There has never, ever been a tailor that rhymes with pallor. I have never heard it pronounced this way, even by mistake.

And yes, Merriam-Webster gives both of them the exact same pronunciation.

(Even "pallor" has an accent....It's on the first syllable.)

 

[Amlee]

My pup is Baylee. Spelled just like sounds

I have a niece who is Taylor. It's pronounced Tay-lor with the long A. With tailor said Tail and in a dog's tail and then the R sound following it.

 

[kathymc]

My baby in my sig is Bailey and we pronouce it just like Bailey's Irish Cream.

(Her registered name is Dayglen'sDKMIrishDream)

 

[aprilgail2]

Interesting. I've never heard tailor pronounced with a short a sound. I'm curious, in what part of the country is it pronounced that way?

Here its pronounced like tail-er. I have never heard it pronounce tAy- ler with a long A sound.

 

[LadyBears]

I would also say it just like the Irish Cream -

Bay Lee

Click on the speaker after the entry & you can hear it at:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary -
Main Entry: bai·ley Pronunciation: \ˈbā-lē\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural baileys Etymology: Middle English bailli, palisade, bailey, from Anglo-French baille, balie Date: 13th century 1 : the outer wall of a castle or any of several walls surrounding the keep 2 : a courtyard within the external wall or between two outer walls of a castle

 

[corndog]

Here its pronounced like tail-er. I have never heard it pronounce tAy- ler with a long A sound.

Those are different???

I checked the dictionary. Tailor is a long 'a' sound.

This is so complicated.

Are John and Jon pronounced differently?

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I have a niece who is Taylor. It's pronounced Tay-lor with the long A. With tailor said Tail and in a dog's tail and then the R sound following it.

Here its pronounced like tail-er. I have never heard it pronounce tAy- ler with a long A sound.

OK, someone needs to call me up so I can hear how you pronounce "tail".

I've only heard it pronounced with a long "a" sound as well. Same as "tay".

So, do you pronounce it with a short "a" sound, as in apple, or another way?

 

[NotUrsula]

Here its pronounced like tail-er. I have never heard it pronounce tAy- ler with a long A sound.

Um, tail DOES have a long A sound, otherwise it's tall

I did grow up in the South. This business of first syllables with pronounced L's on the end is a specifically Texan thing, to my mind, though I've heard it in Georgia, too. The example that sticks in my mind is Roger Miller on King of the Road: "Traail-er for saale or rent ..." The key is to roll out the long vowel that comes before the L and then clip hard before pronouncing the next syllable. If you don't kind of roll the long vowel you won't get the miniscule pause after the L.

It's really a very fine distinction, I'm not sure I would even call it a different pronunciation, just a different accent.

 

[corndog]

If tailor were pronounced with a short 'a' instead of a long 'a', wouldn't it sound the same as 'taller'?

 

[pozey]

Here its pronounced like tail-er. I have never heard it pronounce tAy- ler with a long A sound.

Okay.....I have been reading through these and just kind of laughing......

Now I have to comment......

Taylor/tailor -- to ME.....BOTH words have a long A and pronounced the same...Tay-lor

Now.....when people have said they pronounce Taylor/tailor with a short A......now a word with a short A is Tall. So, people who say they pronouce tailor with a short A......are you saying you pronounce the word Tall-or???

 

[corndog]

I have a cousin whose name is spelled Zakery. You can bet your sweet you know what that I always say it just like it's spelled. (rhymes with "bakery") You don't get to make your own rules for the English language just because you think it's cute or you think you're clever.

 

[EMom]

Um, tail DOES have a long A sound, otherwise it's tall

I did grow up in the South. This business of first syllables with pronounced L's on the end is a specifically Texan thing, to my mind, though I've heard it in Georgia, too. The example that sticks in my mind is Roger Miller on King of the Road: "Traail-er for saale or rent ..." The key is to roll out the long vowel that comes before the L and then clip hard before pronouncing the next syllable. If you don't kind of roll the long vowel you won't get the miniscule pause after the L.

It's really a very fine distinction, I'm not sure I would even call it a different pronunciation, just a different accent.

Honey, I was born and raised in Texas and I still swear Taylor/tailor has a long A, an accent on the first syllable, a break between the long A and the "L" and rhymes with sailor and mailer and jailer.

TAY-ler (not lor)

The audio link is on the money.

 

[tiggger1]

Tailor rhymes with Mail or

Taylor rhymes with May lor


it must be a regional thing because we have both names here as well as both Bay lee and Bail ee