New Post
Search
Help[Opinions] Re: Liselotte
in reply to a message by hennig
I love it (although I prefer the Lieselotte spelling).
The pronunciation would be a problem in an English-speaking country, where it would be pronounced LEE-seh-lot. (I also find that it's very hard to pronounce correctly, at least in an Australian accent, without sounding pretentious). I still think it's lovely even with the English pronunciation.
Looks and personality don't come from one's name so I make a point of never pretending that they do :-)
The pronunciation would be a problem in an English-speaking country, where it would be pronounced LEE-seh-lot. (I also find that it's very hard to pronounce correctly, at least in an Australian accent, without sounding pretentious). I still think it's lovely even with the English pronunciation.
Looks and personality don't come from one's name so I make a point of never pretending that they do :-)
This message was edited 11/20/2004, 4:52 PM
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1
Replies
I love the name Lieselotte. It's hard to say in English, yes, but I'm German, so that's not a problem. :smiles: I love the name, though. All in all, I agree with Chrisell. :makes the thumbs-up sign to Chrisell:
1
:-D
I have German-speaking heritage too (the breakdown of actual countries is pretty complicated so I'll skip that!) but apart from a small branch of the family in Holland all of the (known) family members are in England, Scotland or Australia.
:-)
I have German-speaking heritage too (the breakdown of actual countries is pretty complicated so I'll skip that!) but apart from a small branch of the family in Holland all of the (known) family members are in England, Scotland or Australia.
:-)
1
Lucky you - for various reasons my grandfather never taught his kids German so I don't know more than a few words which we use as part of our "family dialect" (we also have a few Czech and Yiddish words!). All of my northern European heritage comes from my grandfather - the other 3/4 of my heritage is English and Scottish with a bit of Welsh, Irish and French as well.
So anyway, I speak English and some Italian (I did Italian at university).
So anyway, I speak English and some Italian (I did Italian at university).
1
Most ecellent. lol Hey, I know a bit of Russian, too! Da. It means "yes". lol I'm sure you lesser mortals had no idea. :starts her 'I'm better than you and I know it' sort of walk: :trips: lol!
1
That's awesome there are so many germans here. I'm half german, speak it fluently, and lived in Munich two years ago :)
1