How do you pronounce the singer Sade's name?

[Cannikin]

My partner and I are having a little discussion on the correct pronunciation...

Is it Shar-day, or Sha-day.....or something else?


Damn, sometimes I'm SO gay.

[boobooday]

1. I always heard it

Sha-day

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[leftchick]

2. I always heard Shar-day!

:shrug:

[dolo amber]

3. You're both right

I got it directly from her (tour manager's ;)) mouth:

It's pronounced with just the SLIGHTEST hint of the 'r'...not ShaR-day...Sha(r)-day. It's not a sound we American English speakers often make, and it's hard to describe in text.

Hope that helps! :hi:

[supernova]

4. Shah-day

is what I've always heard.

I call it hungarian french. :7

[Cannikin]

5. I've always had the 'shar-day' version in my head....

I'm a child of the 80's and back when Rosie O'Donell was actually funny as a VH1 V.J., after a Sade song, she came on and said simply...

"Sade, what can I say?
Your name is spelled...
a stupid way."

And I cracked up.

[Cannikin]

6. Thanks allot for the info! That settles a long standing debate....

And neither of us had to say we were wrong! Now I can go back to worrying about petty little things like the war, and the election.

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. "Denis."

[madrchsod]

8. ..she is soooo cool

it really doesn`t matter.

[Cannikin]

9. I'm going with dolo amber 's answer......