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[Facts] Help With Pronunciation!!

by mika

6/27/2004, 6:45 PM

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me out with the pronunciation of the following names? It would be very much appreciated.

Amarante - is it just simply ah-MAR-ant? or AH-mar-ant? or ah-mar-ANT? or something different?

Evadne - is it ee-VAD-knee (VAD rhyming with BAD) or ee-VOD-knee (VOD rhyming with FRAUD) or ee-VADE-knee (VADE rhyming with MADE). I always tend to say the second version although I have a hunch that it's really the first ...?

Elijah - I say it ee-LIE-jhah (soft j), but BtN has it as ee-LIE-zha (as in Eliza?) and I've also heard it as ee-LIE-jah (with a hard j sound).

Elisha - same as Elijah, I've heard multiple pronunciations. Does any one know if there is a more correct one? There is an Elisha and an Elijah in the bible, and at mass today even our priest was having trouble with it. Help, anyone?

And I think that's it for now.

Thanks in advance,

Mika

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- Evadne

6/30/2004, 9:34 AM

I don't know about Amarante & Mallaidh, but I say Elijah - ee-lie-zha & Elisha ee-lie-sha.
As for my name I've always said ehv-ad-nee (ehv as in for-EV-er), tho it is often mispronounced ee-vad-nee. (like Eve)

HTH
Evy (ehv-ee :oP)

- Lauren B (guest) +2

6/28/2004, 1:41 AM

Amarante- ah-mah-RAN-tee
Evadne- eh-VAD-knee
Elijah- ee-LIE-jhah/zha (I would pronounce both those end-bits the same, with a soft j sound)

- Mika (guest) +1

6/28/2004, 9:30 AM

okay, thanks! When you say "eh-VAD-knee" what sound is the "eh" part? "Ay" (like Canadians say it) or "ehh" with a softer sound?

- Lauren (guest)

6/28/2004, 9:49 AM

Well, with my English accent, it's kind of like 'ih' (as in the sound that the letter I makes). With an American/Canadian accent, I think that translates as 'ehh' (soft sound).

- mika

6/27/2004, 6:48 PM

Oh and one more . . .

Mallaidh - is it said the same as Molly? Thanks again!

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