Laura vs Lara

[TrackZero]

Jeremy wanted this posted here or something. Enjoy.

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And cutting it off at the chase:

"It should be noted, after some googling the realization that "Lara" was a Greek name makes the argument moot, but it still led to some fun tangents."

[Ghostbear]

This made my day.

[Dualshotty23]

My aunt's name is clara lol.

[violent]

Oh my. That's hysterical. It really is a lovely name.

[Ghostbear]

By lovely he means he is horrified.

[Dualshotty23]

By lovely he means he is horrified.

Not a lovely name, she is a 5'4 hick, living in the backwoods of montana, drives a 1970's ford truck with a 10 inch lift, smoke stacks and a homemade flatbed. She also lives with her out of marriage son and her bf and his 3 kids from 2 other women, he is also still legally married but divorce is such a messy thing he doesnt want to bother, and my aunt is cool with that.

So fuck clara's.

[violent]

But does she have a vanity mirror?

[Pale Ale]

She also lives with her out of marriage son

We call them natural children now. ;)

[TheKeck]

Lara is not pronounced with long A sound.

In fact, I'm pretty sure Laura and Lara should be pronounced exactly the same way.

[muddi900]

My british cousins pronounce it LAAH'RAH

[Dualshotty23]

We call them natural children now. ;)

Let me clarify, by out of marriage I meant she was married but her husband was/is not the father...

[BigJonno]

Lara is not pronounced with long A sound.

In fact, I'm pretty sure Laura and Lara should be pronounced exactly the same way.

Laura is pronounced L-OR-a. Lara is pronounced L-AHH-ra.

I am a British aristocrat, so I'm clearly correct.

[destoo]

Anglicized from Лара, a Russian pet form of Larissa and Laura, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.
--wikitionary for Lara.

Fictive british aristocracy would not give their daughter the pet form of a name.
So Lara is probably her action name. Like Indy.
(Indiana was the family's dog.. maybe Lara is the family's cat?)

[destoo]

"He (Lead graphic artist Toby Gard) settled on a tough South American woman with a braid named Laura Cruz.[7] Eidos management preferred a more "UK friendly" name, and selected Lara Croft from similar-sounding British names found in an English telephone directory.[7][35] Along with the name change, the character's backstory was altered to incorporate a British origin.[7][33]"

And I totally admit that Lara Croft initially seemed at the time a knock off of Laura Bow


(What the hell did we used to do before Wikipedia?)

[violent]

It's Lara as in La-Ruh because that's how I say it.

[TheKeck]

Laura is pronounced L-OR-a. Lara is pronounced L-AHH-ra.

I am a British aristocrat, so I'm clearly correct.

I pronounce Laura L-OR-a, same as you, but I'm pretty sure we're both incorrect and should be the same as Lara.

Actually, looking it up I see that most people agree with us, but Lah-ra is a secondary pronunciation and I knew a Laura that pronounced it that way.

The main point is Lara is definitely not pronounced Lay-ra. :p