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I can only imagine this is split between those who (correctly) think it's pronounced "Lee-bra"[1] (like Libra the star sign) or "Lie-bra"[1] (like fibre). I ca

I can only imagine this is split between those who (correctly) think it's pronounced "Lee-bra"[1] (like Libra the star sign) or "Lie-bra"[1] (like fibre). I can't imagine how on earth it would be possible to be so unaware of other languages that one could even arrive at the second option. [1] In both cases the A is a "short" A.

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pessimizer 4y ago
You've found a pronunciation that I've never heard a single person use (your confidently "correct" one.) The second one, "lee-burr", I've heard. "Lee-bray" is nearly correct if you think it's from Spanish, and "Lee-bruh" is nearly correct if you think it's from French, where the "a" is a schwa (ə), not a "short a."
- richrichardsson 4y ago
  I had forgotten about Spanish pronunciation (more like "Lee-br-eh" than "Lee-br-ay" if memory serves correctly, but was about 35 years since doing a couple of years of Spanish in school so I won't be nearly as over-confident). I was thinking of French and meant "the "a" is a schwa (ə)" when erroneously calling it a "short a", I never know the correct names for the different vowel sounds. I'm really not sure how you arrived at "a pronunciation that I've never heard a single person use". I may have used wildly incorrect terminology, but given the star sign example I'm curious how you pronounce Libra that is so wildly different from "Lee-bruh" (being a reasonable approximation of French "libre")?
ncmncm 4y ago
"Lee-broffice".
- Brian_K_White 4y ago
  This is is how I say it, knowing it's technically wrong and sloppy but my convenience trumps that. Clearly the outcome anyone wants for their name. Nailed it.
- speed_spread 4y ago
  Re-fork it to just "Broffice". $$$
foldr 4y ago
As has been mentioned, libre is also a Spanish word, and an anglicised pronunciation derived from Spanish would be something like 'lee-bray' (although of course the last vowel isn't a diphthong in Spanish).

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pessimizer 4y ago

You've found a pronunciation that I've never heard a single person use (your confidently "correct" one.) The second one, "lee-burr", I've heard. "Lee-bray" is nearly correct if you think it's from Spanish, and "Lee-bruh" is nearly correct if you think it's from French, where the "a" is a schwa (ə), not a "short a."

richrichardsson 4y ago
I had forgotten about Spanish pronunciation (more like "Lee-br-eh" than "Lee-br-ay" if memory serves correctly, but was about 35 years since doing a couple of years of Spanish in school so I won't be nearly as over-confident). I was thinking of French and meant "the "a" is a schwa (ə)" when erroneously calling it a "short a", I never know the correct names for the different vowel sounds. I'm really not sure how you arrived at "a pronunciation that I've never heard a single person use". I may have used wildly incorrect terminology, but given the star sign example I'm curious how you pronounce Libra that is so wildly different from "Lee-bruh" (being a reasonable approximation of French "libre")?

ncmncm 4y ago

"Lee-broffice".

Brian_K_White 4y ago
This is is how I say it, knowing it's technically wrong and sloppy but my convenience trumps that. Clearly the outcome anyone wants for their name. Nailed it.
speed_spread 4y ago
Re-fork it to just "Broffice". $$$

foldr 4y ago

As has been mentioned, libre is also a Spanish word, and an anglicised pronunciation derived from Spanish would be something like 'lee-bray' (although of course the last vowel isn't a diphthong in Spanish).