Pronunciation of aida

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:29 pm

Odd question perhaps, but not being a native speaker I've been wondering how to pronounce 'aida' in English.

Is it ah-ee-da (sort of like the opera) or ayda, or something different again?

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:33 pm

Opera

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:36 pm

Not an odd question at all. When I began stitching I wondered the same thing. It's 'ayda', as the name Ada, not the way the opera is pronounced. Well, that's how I've been pronouncing it, so if I'm wrong, please feel free to correct me anybody.

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:37 pm

There you go, you see. Serinde and I posted together and she says something different. I wonder if it's different in Scotland? The first time I bought it in a shop was in Yorkshire and I was told then that it was 'Ada'. It will be interesting to see what others think.

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:39 pm

Most things are different in Scotland so who knows!?!

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:18 pm

I say Ayda (Ada) for aida and not opera way.

The way I worked it out is by breaking it up phonetically, as I hadn't got a clue how to say it.

Ai ... when you get two vowels together it makes the first one say it's name so ... AY sound. and DA .... AYda.

well that's just me.

mags · Post by **mags** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:32 pm

I would love to know. I originally thought it was as the opera but then was told ayda so then next time I went into a shop and said ayda, the assistant say aeeda back

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:50 pm

Oh this is so hard to type out and try to make it translate proper but here goes.

AI=Long A sound as my teachers used to say so that means it says its on name

DI=duh the things that you hear come out of a teenagers mouth when they think they are being cute (Well duh I know that

)

So I have always said A duh. Not sure if it is the correct way to say it but I get my point across.

mags · Post by **mags** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:58 pm

Just had a look at Wikipedia, scroll down to pronunciation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_cloth

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:45 pm

mags wrote:Just had a look at Wikipedia, scroll down to pronunciation

So we're all right -- now there's an ideal answer

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By the way, I thought it was evenweave rather than aida that had a tendency to fraying; never really noticed it with aida, which is one of the things I like about it.