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[Facts] Re: The pronunciation of Leigh
by gigibee (guest)
9/19/2006, 5:10 PM
in reply to a message by Ylva
I would have to disagree with LMS below, who says in the U.S. it is commonly pronounced Lay. I'm 55 and have spent my whole life in the U.S. I've lived in several areas, too -- New York (East), Illinois (Midwest), Arizona and Colorado (West) and Texas (South). I have never heard any pronunciation other than Lee.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
9/20/2006, 5:19 PM
I'm exactly the same age as the previous poster, have lived in western New York, central Virginia, southeastern Michigan, and eastern Nebraska, as well as having contacts all over the USA, and I have never run across a person of either gender named Leigh who did not pronounce it as Lee.
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