Circe writes:

On analogy with the name Sara, the pronunciation LAIR-AH for Lara seems
perfectly valid to me and certainly not a spelling issue. I've never
known ANYONE named Sara who expected her name to be pronounced
SAR-AH--it's always SAIR-AH.

Yet here in the UK, *I*'ve never met anyone called Sara who expected it to be
pronounced SAIR-AH - that name is IME spelled Sarah. Sara, here, is IME
pronounced SAR-AH, and I was surprised when I first read of it being
pronounced the same way as Sarah.

Sidheag
edd Oct 13th