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[Opinions] Re: Adelaida
by Lily (Destry)
7/6/2012, 2:37 PM
in reply to a message by mirfak
I pronounce it like Adelaide with an A at the end. I don't think there's any correct pronunciation for it. They EYE-da pr. might be the Spanish pr. but in the US there is no reason to use that pronunciation and most people would pronounce it with an AY-da ending. I mean we don't pronounce Hannah, Sarah or Nicole the original way so I don't see why I couldn't use an English pronunciation of Adelaida.
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- mirfak   +1
7/6/2012, 3:02 PM
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.

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- Lily (Destry)
7/6/2012, 3:18 PM
Hmmm I disagree. Sure it's not common, but I don't think many people think of it as a foreign name as it is the case with Jorge. Most probably think it's an elaborated English form of Adelaide.
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