With the teaser out and the reveal of the Vampire character being female it’s pretty obvious she is Mira.
Regularly I believe most of you pronounce the name as “Me-Rah” but since she is the sister of Maya who are of Hispanic origin the name Mira is pronounced “My-Rah”. It’s a very popular Spanish name and I’ve known a couple of ladies with that name in southern California who pronounce their names as “My-Rah”.
So how do you guys pronounce it? This is like the Classic “My-Ah” and “May-Ah” debate.
Edit: Mira also works as it means “See” in Spanish. Would be an inside joke that Vampires have no reflections.
Edit:Well turns out people pronounce it a lot of different ways.
Which was never really a debate to begin with. First, Maya is an actual name (my wife’s name to boot, although it’s spelled differently in my language), while “may-ah” isn’t. Secondly, the announcer say “my-ah”. Why would you ever think anythign else?
They are not of Hispanic origin. They are South American, possibly native. Completely different. That said, I still believe it’s “Me-rah”. Mostly because it’s an actual name that’s pronounced that way (see actress Mira Sorvino, among other people).
I guess you weren’t here for that debate. If you put on Maya’s classic outfit the announcer says “May-Ah” just because the debate was real and it’s a nod to the original games pronouncing it “May-Ah”.
I know. But they are also modern South American. They would obviously get new recruits and like most of central America, adopt modern names.
Actually, no. My girlfriend of 7 years name is Maira, pronounced “My-Rah” in both English and all forms of languages of Spanish descent. Mira in Spanish or Portuguese would be pronounced “Me-Rah” as Mira is actually the word for “look” which is pronounced the same way, in English the best pronunciation would be “Mir-Ah”.
EDIT: Oops this was meant in reply to @CRIS178 but still relevant anyways.
lol Yeah I was reading what you said. I understand your point of view as I remember the other character from King of Fighters is called Mai Shiranui and it is indeed a My sound.
Edit: @GodtierMacho Nevermind the rabbit whole goes deeper. They all are “prominent varying forms” according to further research.
