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Which name do you like better?
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Meir |
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Yair |
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amother
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 10:16 am
If both would be pronouced with the Israel accent May-'eer or Ya-'eer, which would you like more?
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Tamiri
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 10:48 am
With an Israeli accent it's Meh-EAR as opposed to May-EAR.
Yah-EAR is more modern, I don't know any young Meirs here.
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Seraph
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 10:53 am
Was gonna say- meir is more traditional. Yair is more modern.
Both nice.
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Ruchel
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 4:32 pm
I like Meyer (yiddish), but not Meir pronounced may-ear.
Yair is Biblical but still sounds much more modern.
I like both.
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ChossidMom
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 5:24 pm
My 7 year old is named Meir, after his paternal grandfather.
He really does light up a room with his smile.
That being said, I like Yair too. It's more modern though, if that's what you're looking for.
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mummy-bh
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:19 pm
Do people really choose their baby's names based on what a bunch of anonymous women think?
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yentaof8
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:28 pm
My bechor (firstborn son) is Meir and I was working for a secular company when he was born. When I told them I named my son Meir, they all responded "as in, Mayor of the city?" I didn't realize how it sounded - so they used to ask "how's Koch doing?" since Koch was the mayor of NYC at the time.
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ChossidMom
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Mon, Mar 17 2008, 6:30 pm
yentaof8 wrote: | My bechor (firstborn son) is Meir and I was working for a secular company when he was born. When I told them I named my son Meir, they all responded "as in, Mayor of the city?" I didn't realize how it sounded - so they used to ask "how's Koch doing?" since Koch was the mayor of NYC at the time. |
That's actually funny.
My husband's name is Elazar and he is known as Luzer.
All the secular people have a problem with that because they don't think he should be called "Loser".
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amother
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Tue, Mar 18 2008, 2:34 pm
My Yair is named after a Meir but didn't want the "mayor" prob. Already had that with another name, another child. He still gets called "YA-ear" instead of "ya-EAR".
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chocolate moose
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Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:05 pm
Hey, she said it, not me.
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smiley:)
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Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:30 pm
amother wrote: | My Yair is named after a Meir but didn't want the "mayor" prob. Already had that with another name, another child. He still gets called "YA-ear" instead of "ya-EAR". |
My Yair also ALWAYS gets the YA-ear. Even from his own grandparents who I have repeatedly asked to do otherwise. I always laugh when ppl ask me his name and I say Ya-EAR. "Oh. hi "YA-ear." Like, and is your name "Ju-DEE?"
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Newsie
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Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:33 pm
Well, in Israel, people probably pronounce it correctly
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mimsy7420
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Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:38 pm
I think Meir is easier to pronounce
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amother
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Tue, Mar 18 2008, 3:38 pm
smiley:) wrote: | amother wrote: | My Yair is named after a Meir but didn't want the "mayor" prob. Already had that with another name, another child. He still gets called "YA-ear" instead of "ya-EAR". |
My Yair also ALWAYS gets the YA-ear. Even from his own grandparents who I have repeatedly asked to do otherwise. I always laugh when ppl ask me his name and I say Ya-EAR. "Oh. hi "YA-ear." Like, and is your name "Ju-DEE?" |
My Ya-KEER is always being called YA-keer. I don't like it ! We try to gently correct ppl.
amother bec I dont want to be recognized by my son's uncommon name!
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smiley:)
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Wed, Mar 19 2008, 12:32 am
Newsie wrote: | Well, in Israel, people probably pronounce it correctly |
I am in Israel. Think again. Although most of the mispronunciations are from Americans.
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