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Help[Opinions] Re: How do you pronounce
in reply to a message by Lily
I'm from the Southeast US and pronounce Elisa as eh-LEE-sa, however, when Anna was in the Girl Scouts, her troop leader was named Clarissa who was born in Puerto Rico. Clarissa and Pedro (her dh) named their dd what I thought was Elisa because that's how she pronounced it until I saw it written down. It was Elissa. Now I suppose in Spanish, it would be pronounced the same as Elisa, but what confused me was that Clarissa pronounced her name the English way (issa). I asked her once if her family back in PR pronounced her name with the long 'e' sound and she said yes. Isn't that odd that she chose something for her dd that she didn't want herself? Just thought that was interesting. And because she pronounced and spelled it that way, Elissa had it mispronounced often as Elysia or Alyssa. The combination really seemed to throw people.
Ian -- EE-an
Brittany -- BRIT-ann-ee (I have a niece with this spelling who pronounces it this way.)
Ian -- EE-an
Brittany -- BRIT-ann-ee (I have a niece with this spelling who pronounces it this way.)
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Confusing! I'm asking because I met a Spanish girl named Elisa and she pronounced it like Alyssa (with an Eh sound at the beginning, though). I'm pretty sure in Spanish it is correctly pronounced eh-LEE-sa, which is why I was confused. Maybe she tried to americanize the pronunciation? So it would be closer to Alyssa, not knowing that it was pronounced eh-LEE-sa here, too? After all Lisa is LEE-sa. But she should have found out by now. Or her parents wanted of what they thought of as a more english pronunciation.
Elysia's meaning is pretty cool. Too bad people will think it was a creative spelling.
I like how you pronounce Brittany. I kind of like it with a three syllable pr.
Elysia's meaning is pretty cool. Too bad people will think it was a creative spelling.
I like how you pronounce Brittany. I kind of like it with a three syllable pr.
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Maybe she did try to Americanize the name. Who knows? My dd, Brooke, had a friend named Alessandra. Everyone had been calling her that for a couple of years since she transferred to their school until they all found out her real name was Alejandra and that she used Alessandra because she had ASSUMED that everyone couldn't pronounce it correctly. So then everyone had to learn to call her something else because she REALLY wanted to be called Alejandra. Talk about confusing!
I especially like Elysia but would worry that people would butcher it.
I especially like Elysia but would worry that people would butcher it.
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