Vampyre/Vampire

Does anybody know the difference between a vampIre and a vampYre??

Or is it just the same thing but spelled differently?

Its the same thing. Its a linguistic difference.

Vampire is a smooth pronunciation with no hard syllables. Vam-Pi-Are.
Vampyre puts emphasis on PY (as in Pie) and the Vam is soft, pronounced more like Vom. As well, the R is softer and trails off.

I am in a band called Vampyre.
Our rhythm guitarist Nos, is a Vampyre, so is our hot drummer and the rest of the crew.
Nos is an historian so you can ask him questions if you like.
I showed him this site, but I don't think he registered.
Tell him The Fretwalker sent ya and he will answer any questions you have.
You can find the Vampyre band link on my 'solo' myspace page.
Listen to my music and listen to Vampyre.
Thanks!

www/myspace.com/thefretwalker

Don't quote me on this *literally, lol!*, but I believe that a while ago, I was told that the term Vampire is in the fictional sense, and the type you find in novels. VampYre is the terminology used for *most* people this day and age who considers themselves a Vamp. Did any of that make sense? For some reason now it doesn't to me, tried to explain it as well as I could haha