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I agree that it may seem unnecessary (what a difficult word to spell!), but there are many unnecessary letters in English names too (Why Hannah and not Hanna, why Sophia and not Sofia, why Michael and not Mikel, why Philip and not Filip, why Christine and not Kristin etc.)

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But the Danish spelling Annelise may be best for Americans (and other non-Germans), since Anneliese might be misspelt as Anneleise. "leise" means "quiet", and looks really bad imo.

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Of course Annelise may be pronounce as "Anne Elise" (with 3 syllables instead of 4) but this is also a pretty name.

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"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)