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[Opinions] But the Spanish word is pronounced differently, it sounds more like AY-ya nt

by Perrine (Destry)

8/1/2021, 8:50 AM

in reply to a message by New_Chloë

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- guasguendi +2

8/1/2021, 10:13 AM

I'm Spanish and it's pronounced EH-ya.

If it was pronounced like AY-ya then it would be written as "eiya".

- Perrine (Destry) +1

8/1/2021, 10:16 AM

My point was that it doesn't sound like Ella. And yes it does sound more like EH-ya but I feel like many native English speakers do not make a difference between EH and AY in many cases which is why Esmé is said EZ-may and Renée is reh-NAY even though in French they'd be es-MEH and reh-NEH (sort of) and it should be Esmée.

- guasguendi

8/1/2021, 10:38 AM

Right, my bad.

Another example is Elena, even if it doesn't have a diacritical mark, it has two different English pronunciations.

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