Pronunciation issues

[dancingwithdad]

Have any of you ever thought you knew how to pronounce a name, only later to learn you were wrong? Then when you learn the correct way, you like your pronunciation better?

I have that problem with the name Carys...I pronounce it like the word Charismatic...or care-iss. I think I am wrong though...or maybe I am reading the pronunciation guides wrong? Oh please, someone tell me you have heard it the way I like it! I can wish, can't I?

Dancingwithdad

[ellibits]

I pronounce it to rhyme with Paris

[catloverd]

All the time and I can't bring myself to correct it, every time I see it I pn wrong. I say Mila as Mill-a. Violetta as vi-o-let-uh. Sean as "seen" instead of "shawn" - been doing this since I was little and now it's just a bad habit. Sometimes I just wish people would spell it as it should sound in English..... And to me Carys looks like "care-ees"

[dantea]

Every where I look, it's pronounce Care-iss. http://www.forvo.com/word/carys/

There's a Greek male name -- Carystus -- that's pronounce cah-riss-tus also.

[jeska]

Every where I look, it's pronounce Care-iss. http://www.forvo.com/word/carys/

There's a Greek male name -- Carystus -- that's pronounce cah-riss-tus also.

I'm confused! The pronunciation on both those recordings rhymes with 'Paris', i.e. a short sound as in 'cat' or 'hat'. Even allowing for accents, how is that 'care-iss' (with a long sound, as 'hair' or 'bear')?

[triplicate]

Paris has a long A (pare-iss) as English speakers around me say it.

Incidentally, Carys pronounced as described here isn't like part of charisma, since the S in charisma is said as Z.

[victoriana88]

Have any of you ever thought you knew how to pronounce a name, only later to learn you were wrong? Then when you learn the correct way, you like your pronunciation better?

I have that problem with the name Carys...I pronounce it like the word Charismatic...or care-iss. I think I am wrong though...or maybe I am reading the pronunciation guides wrong? Oh please, someone tell me you have heard it the way I like it! I can wish, can't I?

Dancingwithdad

I'm pretty sure it's pronounced CAR -ISS.

[jennipea382]

I started reading the topic and I was actually going to respond about this name! Haha. When I first saw the name, I kept saying "ka-REES" in my head. Maybe the "rys" part reminded me of Rhys. Then I found out it was really pronounced "care-iss" and I don't like it as much :-(

[jeska]

Paris has a long A (pare-iss) as English speakers around me say it.

Okay, forget 'Paris'; that's a long 'a' in some American accents, and a short 'a' in British English. The point is that Carys is pronounced with a short 'a', if you listen to the link dantea posted.

[hayley88]

It's pronounced Ka-riss. It's a hard C with a short a. The r is part of the second syllable not the first.