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

[lyzziesmom]

The quote system is really messed up in this thread....or at least whenever someone quotes "jess."

The quoting system isn't messed up, it's working just like it's supposed to. At the beginning of all of her quotes, "jess" is putting an extra line like this one:

which signifies the beginning of the quote. So if someone subsequently quotes "jess's" post, it is confusing the quote system into thinking the quote comes from the other person because of the extra html line. Jess - there is no need to type that line twice when quoting. Just hit the quote button and let it do the work for you.


Back on topic: I've lived in many different states growing up, and heard many different regional accents. When I moved from TX to SFL and heard the prevalent STRONG New York accent, I at first thought people were speaking a foreign language! That being said, I can't wrap my mind around people thinking there is more than one way to pronounce the long A vowel sound. The only explanation I can think of isn't very easy to explain without hearing it, but here goes:

With an extreme southern twang, some long A sounds have a bit of a long I sound thrown in at the end. Try saying "tail" with your mouth making the shape it makes when you say the long E sound. That is how "most" of us hear "tail" (as in tailor or Taylor or tail) and the "correct" pronunciation. Now try saying "tail" with your mouth shaped more like it's making the long O sound. Don't MAKE the O sound, just shape your mouth like it. It's less broad and forces more of a long I sound to come out at the tail end (ha!) of the word. I think that is how some people here are hearing it. It would sound more like "taaaaiy-uhl." Does that make any sense?

My head hurts.



To the OP: Perhaps you should let us know what other baby names are on your list.

 

[Robinrs]

Wow I am amazed by the # of people who mispronounce such simple words. pail is the same as pale, pal is totally different. Pail has a long A sound pal has a short a sound. It's really very simple.

I think about 20 people posted this same thing... I guess it's not as simple as that because we're STILL DISCUSSING IT???????

 

[Robinrs]

The quoting system isn't messed up, it's working just like it's supposed to. At the beginning of all of her quotes, "jess" is putting an extra line like this one: which signifies the beginning of the quote. So if someone subsequently quotes "jess's" post, it is confusing the quote system into thinking the quote comes from the other person because of the extra html line. Jess - there is no need to type that line twice when quoting. Just hit the quote button and let it do the work for you.


Back on topic: I've lived in many different states growing up, and heard many different regional accents. When I moved from TX to SFL and heard the prevalent STRONG New York accent, I at first thought people were speaking a foreign language! That being said, I can't wrap my mind around people thinking there is more than one way to pronounce the long A vowel sound. The only explanation I can think of isn't very easy to explain without hearing it, but here goes:

With an extreme southern twang, some long A sounds have a bit of a long I sound thrown in at the end. Try saying "tail" with your mouth making the shape it makes when you say the long E sound. That is how "most" of us hear "tail" (as in tailor or Taylor or tail) and the "correct" pronunciation. Now try saying "tail" with your mouth shaped more like it's making the long O sound. Don't MAKE the O sound, just shape your mouth like it. It's less broad and forces more of a long I sound to come out at the tail end (ha!) of the word. I think that is how some people here are hearing it. It would sound more like "taaaaiy-uhl." Does that make any sense?

My head hurts.



To the OP: Perhaps you should let us know what other baby names are on your list.

My head hurts, too...

Thanks for the explanation!!

 

[tiggger1]

To the OP: Perhaps you should let us know what other baby names are on your list.

I am almost afraid to..I feel kinda bad that this one caused such as stir....

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

I think about 20 people posted this same thing... I guess it's not as simple as that because we're STILL DISCUSSING IT???????

I think people are just making it more difficult than it needs to be. For a long A sound they should think of Fonzi(Happy Days) saying his signature "AYE" as in T(Fonzie speak AYE) L makes tail and pal is like the mans name Al. It's so simple people just complicate things.

And yes OP other names?

 

[HoneyBee06]

I am almost afraid to..I feel kinda bad that this one caused such as stir....

Your children are adorable!

 

[lilyv]

I am almost afraid to..I feel kinda bad that this one caused such as stir....

From your siggie... Emma and Chase are very sweet, and so are their names.

 

[Amlee]

Ok, let me see if I can explain better.

Taylor is broke down like this. tAy hit the A hard as in you were saying your ABC's. Then follow it with the l . The or is more er than or.

Tailor is broke down like this. Tail as in t ale. OR as in here OR there!

On another note. You should hear this southern girl ask for a glass of ice. I get alot of you want a glass of WHAT? My I sounds like an A and my CE sounds like SS. I have to be very careful and think before I say ice.

 

[Mrsduck101]

I am almost afraid to..I feel kinda bad that this one caused such as stir....

My 12 year old daughter is Baylie - pronounced Bay - lee

 

[EMom]

LMBO.... Pal and Pail are the same to me....and both rhyme with tail.

Jess

Pal and pail the same? For real? (Rhymes with deal, meal and steal. ) You don't hear a difference between bail, fail, nail, rail, sail, mail, pail, tail, hail and jail contrasted with pal, a woman named Val or a guy named Sal?

I find this fascinating. I took Phonetics in college. We'd listen to a recording of people with various accents/dialects talking and transcribe what they were saying, using the phonetic alphabet. If you accurately read something written in the phonetic alphabet, you could duplicate someone's speech. I loved that class.

 

[Quest4fun]

Incredible!

Does she just have trouble with "ai" or is it will all long vowels? Here's a few things I'm wondering. Does "raid" ryhme with "god?" Does the "i" not count? Can she hear the difference between "hole" and "hall?" How about "greet" Would it be pronounced "gret?" I would pay this woman $20 to read the following sentence to me using her unique accent.

My hair is falling off of my head but take heed because the halls are laden with painted portraits of famous flying aces from World War two.

This is fascinating.

With response to the OP and I know it's been said several times but the common trend among many people these days is to legally change the spelling of their names to the traditional way of spelling since they don't like having to spell it for people or seeing it misspelled.

Beighlee is by far the most obnoxious way I've ever seen it spelled. If you want something unique make up a name. My name is frequently misspelled but that's just because some people are dumb and don't know how to spell Graham. Many go with the unit of measurement rather than the the name and spell it gram. Other people make a valiant attempt by spelling it Grahm probably because they don't know it's a two syllibal name. Phoenitcally it's grey-uhm. I've given up on trying to help people out. If they can't spell my name then they can't email me. Whaaaaa.

Back to the topic at hand. Be good to your child and future children. Don't make up a spelling for their name. It will be a pain in their neck. They can be unique on their own. What's in a name anyway?

 

[Robinrs]

Incredible!

Does she just have trouble with "ai" or is it will all long vowels? Here's a few things I'm wondering. Does "raid" ryhme with "god?" Does the "i" not count? Can she hear the difference between "hole" and "hall?" How about "greet" Would it be pronounced "gret?"

This is fascinating.

With response to the OP and I know it's been said several times but the common trend among many people these days is to legally change the spelling of their names to the traditional way of spelling since they don't like having to spell it for people or seeing it misspelled.

Beighlee is by far the most obnoxious way I've ever seen it spelled. If you want something unique make up a name. My name is frequently misspelled but that's just because some people are dumb and don't know how to spell Graham. Many go with the unit of measurement rather than the the name and spell it gram. Other people make a valiant attempt by spelling it Grahm probably because they don't know it's a two syllibal name. Phoenitcally it's grey-uhm. I've given up on trying to help people out. If they can't spell my name then they can't email me. Whaaaaa.

Back to the topic at hand. Be good to your child and future children. Don't make up a spelling for their name. It will be a pain in their neck. They can be unique on their own. What's in a name anyway?

I have a very COMMON name... my entire name is 4 words. I make a joke out of it, Rob as in steal, in as in out.... you know the deal.

I was the Public service director at a radio station and I'd get about 100 pieces of mail a week, addressed to

Robbin
Robert Sherman
Rocky
Roberto
even Rabbi Schiffman!!!

I'm convinced people just TRY to make things difficult!

 

[Quest4fun]

I have a very COMMON name... my entire name is 4 words. I make a joke out of it, Rob as in steal, in as in out.... you know the deal.

I was the Public service director at a radio station and I'd get about 100 pieces of mail a week, addressed to

Robbin
Robert Sherman
Rocky
Roberto
even Rabbi Schiffman!!!

I'm convinced people just TRY to make things difficult!

Amazing! They used to page Robin Steel at my old mall when security was needed to take care of a shop lifter.

What would really be funny would be if you got mail addressed to Miss Chanandler Bong.

 

[chisnpeke]

Ok, let me see if I can explain better.

Taylor is broke down like this. tAy hit the A hard as in you were saying your ABC's. Then follow it with the l . The or is more er than or.

Tailor is broke down like this. Tail as in t ale. OR as in here OR there!

On another note. You should hear this southern girl ask for a glass of ice. I get alot of you want a glass of WHAT? My I sounds like an A and my CE sounds like SS. I have to be very careful and think before I say ice.

That reminds me of a girl I know. She says her family is from Boston I think and she pronounces water, woo-ter. She would say in class "can I get a drink of wooter...can I fill up my wooter bottle."

 

[stacy347]

What would really be funny would be if you got mail addressed to Miss Chanandler Bong.

Oh my goodness, I miss Friends!