https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 20:48:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051693 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:04:08 +0000 autumnlove 1051693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: haha, I have some of the Llama, Llana books memorized! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051690 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:02:21 +0000 wheres_c 1051690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends who I'm talking to also. LO is half Peruvian so mostly Yama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051553 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:18:06 +0000 bunnylove08 1051553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>La-Ma </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051552 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:17:48 +0000 MrsF 1051552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say Lama. </p> <p>It sounds like a lot of you talk about llamas more often than I do! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051448 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:46:43 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1051448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on who I'm talking to.<br /> Lama for English speakers.<br /> Yama for Spanish speakers. My dad grew up in the Andes, he is pretty particular about Yama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051435 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:41:41 +0000 wonderstruck 1051435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama.</p> <p>You're nicer than me, when my DH says he prefers a different pronunciation, I tell him that there's a difference between having a preference and being wrong. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051394 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:32:48 +0000 MrsTiz 1051394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051381 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:29:06 +0000 pui 1051381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>la-ma </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051379 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 08:28:04 +0000 swurlygurl 1051379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With an L. It's a pretty silly word though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051219 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:35:59 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1051219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051177 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:23:50 +0000 yellowbird 1051177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Lama </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051176 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:23:49 +0000 NavyRN2012 1051176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama, I've never heard it pronounced yama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051137 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 07:10:56 +0000 marionberry 1051137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama...we actually see them raised locally. Llama means to call one's self in Spanish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051093 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:39:42 +0000 Ash 1051093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Laaaama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051085 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:32:16 +0000 ElbieKay 1051085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama when speaking English; Yama when speaking (infrequent, very broken) Spanish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051081 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:29:25 +0000 MapleMoose 1051081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama.... But sometimes in my head I say it Yama. I have no idea why lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051071 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:22:38 +0000 Dandelion 1051071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: That's what I was thinking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051058 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:15:55 +0000 matador84 1051058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama. If you said it "Yama," the Spanish spelling means "talk to me!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051055 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:15:02 +0000 MediaNaranja 1051055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: not true :-) I lived in the Andean highlands for several years so yama is how I usually say it :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051042 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:00:59 +0000 Dandelion 1051042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lamma...even in Spanish I think it's pronounced that way. it's one of the weird exceptions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051029 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:50:53 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1051029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>La la la llama </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1051007 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:53:16 +0000 .twist. 1051007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Llol, llama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050996 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:02:23 +0000 Cherrybee 1050996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say lah-ma. The LL in Welsh is pronounced as a throat clearing sound, perhaps you could start saying hck-ma hck-ma?!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050982 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:43:20 +0000 BSB 1050982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050979 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:32:18 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1050979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050974 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 02:02:34 +0000 Ree723 1050974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>La-ma, but I understand why one would say ya-ma. The double l in Spanish takes on the ya sound but I think for English words, sticking with the L sound is right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050971 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:54:02 +0000 Penny Lane 1050971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lama! never would even have thought to say it any other way!</p> <p>off topic: I thought of this <a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama" rel="nofollow">http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama</a> when I read the post title. you're welcome ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050966 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:15:38 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1050966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pronounce it the same way you do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-pronounce-llama#post-1050963 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 01:05:43 +0000 autumnlove 1050963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pronounce it lama while DH prefers yama. LO really likes the Llama, Llama books! </p>