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    How is former astronaut Wally Schirra's last name pronounced?

    Question #63297. Asked by jayleighjess. (Mar 09 06 7:58 PM)


    McGruff

    		I've always heard it pronounced Sure-rah, with the accent on the second syllable.

    Mar 09 06, 8:00 PM
    xfacilitatorx

    		She Raah is how I have always heard it pronounced.

    Not like Sherah

    Sherah (sh¨¥¡ä ra), in the Bible, daughter of Ephraim. She built Beth-horon and the unidentified Uzzen-sheerah.

    but She Raah with an upward inflection on the last syllable. Not unlike the exclaimation of surprise 'Ah-Ha'

    Mar 09 06, 8:14 PM
    jayleighjess

    		Good. That's what I always thought, but I started questioning it when one of my professors told me it was SHEE-rah. It's nice to know I hadn't completely lost my mind. :)

    Mar 09 06, 8:21 PM

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