How to pronounce Deirdre?

[ja2mine]

Do you pronounce it like...

Deer-dray
OR
Deer-drah

orrr... if you don't pronounce it any of these ways, how do you pronounce it?

 

[~Unicorn~]

Deer-dray but idk how it's supposed to be pronounced.

 

[magicaldonkey]

I pronounce her name as "dear-dree"

 

[Anactoria]

I pronounce it as Deer-derderder. Seriously, I don't think I ever pronounce it in my head

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

I've always pronounced in "deer-dree".

 

[Loriii]

I pronounced it either "dire-dray" or "deer/dear-dray"

 

[Twisterheart]

I say her name like dear-dree also

 

[lilbear]

I say 'Deer-drah' cause I know a bunch of people with that name irl :3

 

[AimeeTheMayor]

I always say day-dree

 

[Athelwyn]

I say 'Deer-drah' cause I know a bunch of people with that name irl :3

Same. Considering it's already an actual name, and that is the traditional pronunciation, I say it "Deer-drah."

If it were my name, and I heard it pronounced any other way, I'd be preeeeety annoyed.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I've only ever heard it pronounced "deer-dray" so that's how I say it.

 

[Feraligator]

Deer-dree

 

[Ably.Saucey]

Deer-dra

 

[Pancake225]

Die - R - Dre

 

[5cm/s]

for a while i pronounced it day-druh, like the actual name deidre, but once i realized her name is actually deiRdre, i pronounce it the traditional way for that name :')

 

[Garrett]

Dear-dree.

Dear-drah gives me Blanche Devereaux.

 

[ArtsyDreamer]

Dee-druh

 

[pft7]

Dear-dree. Have you not seen Coronation Street?

Emily says it for you right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9aqPFmWuJY

R.I.P Anne Kirkbride.

 

[daynapapaya]

I've always pronounced it Deer-Drah.

 

[AppleBitterCrumble]

Deer-dray