Pronunciation
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 08 Jul 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Sillanza |
08 Jul 2004 |
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OK, this is a peeve of mine. Is it:
"TAR-o" (emphasis on the first syllable; dictionary supported version)
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"tar-OH" (emphasis on the second syllable)
Which do you use? Of the six Friends, I'm channelling Monica right now ...
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| Tarot Sparrow |
08 Jul 2004 |
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I use the first. But that's just me.
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| Jeanette |
08 Jul 2004 |
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first syllable emphasized for me! TARE-oh
but my sister says a sort of TEAR-oh!
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| Nevada |
08 Jul 2004 |
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I used to use the second, but now I use the first, since it seems to be the prevailing one.
My Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary also pronounces it the first way you listed.
It took a while to break my old habit, and then the other night I heard a woman (who doesn't know tarot) pronounce it with an ending t-sound (as in carrot). That was a bit of a shock.
Nevada
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| Emily |
09 Jul 2004 |
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I say tarot like arrow - Tarrow/Arrow - Works for me :D
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| tao51 |
09 Jul 2004 |
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I usually pronounce it as rhyming with arrow. I have heard it pronounced Tay-ROT' . --Tao
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| Sillanza |
09 Jul 2004 |
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Thanks for all your responses (I didn't think I was in a minority on this!). The "carrot" pronunciation is definitely the most cringe-inducing ....
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| rota |
09 Jul 2004 |
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Everybody knows tarot rhymes with antidisestablishmentarianism.
:)
...but seriously -- TARE-oh for me.
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| Flavio |
09 Jul 2004 |
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Originally posted by Nevada
It took a while to break my old habit, and then the other night I heard a woman (who doesn't know tarot) pronounce it with an ending t-sound (as in carrot). That was a bit of a shock.
Nevada
Now the shocked one it's me! hehehe in spanish we pronounce with the T at the end, like the "carrot" pronunciation but a softer "r" sound (carot?)
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| OakDragon |
09 Jul 2004 |
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I pronounce it "tuh-ROH".
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| Luminessence |
09 Jul 2004 |
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I pronounce it the first way you mentioned - TARE-oh.
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| tmgrl2 |
09 Jul 2004 |
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I always said it accent on first syllable...when I went into our local metaphysical shop and asked where the TAH' ro materials were, she said the word back to me at least 5 times with the accent on the second syllable. It's fine to me if people choose to say it the way they choose to say it!
But I was a bit annoyed, since I really felt she was "correcting" my
first syllable accented Tarot....
oh well...sigh....
terri
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| Majecot |
10 Jul 2004 |
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Oh heck, say it both ways :D Thats what I do, depending on who I am speaking with. (Just don't say it like carrot *shudders*)
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| linabeet |
10 Jul 2004 |
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It seems to me to be a north/south thing. We up here in the north had a teacher from way down south and we'd never heard the ta - ROT before, she said it more like to - ROE. Since meeting more southeners it seems to be a trend. I'm of the TA - rot myself.
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| generation |
10 Jul 2004 |
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I'm with those of you who pronounce it like "arrow", with a bit of a softer "a" (as opposed to something like "aero-space"). I don't think I've heard of it pronounced with the emphasis on the last syllable, or like "carrot"! I suspect that it is a regional thing though - "tomayto/tomatto" -- whatever works for you! :)
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