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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm guessing Indian too, but even most Indians would spell it Tara when transliterated from the original.[/quote]

True, but I know a lot of people who are changing the spelling of the names to make it easier to pronounce.  For example Meera instead of Mira.

That said, to the poster after you who suggested using "th", I really disagree.  In my mind there's a big difference between the Indian soft "t" sound and the hard "th" sound.  Plus you risk  people using the sound in the words "the" and "there", which I think sounds much worse than someone saying Tara pronounced the English way.[/quote]

PP here, and I agree with you about the 'th' sound.  That's not how I would think you'd want to spell it if you want it pronounced anywhere close to the Devanagari spelling.

But I still think 'Tara' is a lovely spelling and doesn't need the extra 'a'.  Will most people say 'tare-uh' in the US?  Yes, of course.  But that's par for the course with a name like that.

I have relatives named both "Mira" and "Meera" in India.  Both are pronounced fine in the US.  But the spelling of 'Tara' with an extra 'a' isn't seen in India much at all, I don't think.  [/quote]

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