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[Opinions] Re: Does Leila work as LY-la in an English speaking country (more)
It doesn’t make sense to me. Lei is pronounced lay. It also looks like Leia, which is so culturally ingrained as being pronounced lay-uh because of Star Wars. I would pronounce these as LY-la: Lila, Lilah, Lyla, LylahI would pronounce these as LAY-la: Layla, Leila, Laila
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I know that for some reason people tend to pronounce the Star Wars character as "Lay-uh" today, but I remember it as "Lee-uh" in the original movie.Hear at about 35 seconds:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAAXorA4pg8
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I don't heard LEE-a. I hear LEH-a, as in how the French Léa and the German Lea are pronounced. It is not quite an AY sound because you don't open your mouth so much, it is more like a long EH but not an EE.
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