Sure most English speakers would probably guess it's Addle-ayda, but it's not a common English usage name and so there's no common English usage pronunciation except the "I guess it's
Adelaide with an A on it" and that is why I do not like it (I think the A on the end looks non-English, since
Adelaide is the usual English form - and so it seems much nicer to me if it is pronounced the foreign way).
Hannah,
Sarah, and
Nicole are common English usages. That's why I'm making a distinction. To me,
Adelaida pronounced Adelaide-a seems much like
Jorge pronounced like
George.
This message was edited 7/6/2012, 3:06 PM