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Joel Byrd
507 PointsWhy does Hampton pronounce it "Lor-avel"? lol
Pretty sure it's pronounced "Laravel" - "lar" as in "pair".
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Robert Komaromi
11,927 PointsEnglish words aren't really spelled phonetically, so unless someone comes along and tells you THIS is how to say Laravel, it's really up to the individuals intuition.
You can listen to Taylor Otwell (the creator of Laravel) pronounce the word in a screencast here. So you are right in how it should be pronounced.
Dan Wardrope
275 Pointsactually it's pronounced laRAvel (sounds like the 'the ravel'). Source: https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/laravel (press the small speaker icon)! :D
Joel Byrd
507 PointsJoel Byrd
507 PointsOk I figured - I just wanted to make sure I wasn't pronouncing it wrong.