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[Opinions] Re: Lotte?
I like Charlotte and Liselotte.In Sweden Lotta is a common name, often as a nn for Charlotta.People not used to foreign names will probably not understand that the E in "Lotte" is not mute.
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Question for YlvaThanks. I couldn't remember exactly how to spell Liselotte. It's very pretty. One question: Is Lotte pronounced "LOT-ee" or "LOT-eh/uh?" in Scandinavia/Germany?I always thought it was an "-eh/uh" sound at the end. Maybe I'm wrong. I do like the "LOT-ee" pronunciation, but only as the English nn Lottie. Am I confused here? It wouldn't be the first time . . . .
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Lotte is pronounced as Lotte, not as Lotta. The e-sound is somewhat like the English ay-sound, Lott-ay. Hard to describe. Just as in Anneliese. The last E is not mute, not is it pronounced as "ee", nor as "ah".
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Thanks!
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Hiya,My mother is full-blood German so I'm pretty used to different pronunciations. Ex. I see Daniela and
say dan-EE-la, not Danielle-ah. Whenever I see Lotte, I say lot-tee. However, not everyone, as you
said, is used to this, so if someone was using Lotte and wanted to make sure the "e" was pronounced,
they could write it Lottë.xx Cait xx
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I like Lotte specifically because of that TEE sound at the end...what if Lotte was a nn for Lotus or Lotta?
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