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in reply to a message by Kris Rose
How on earth do people stumble over Kristiana? It's common enough that nobody should be mispronouncing it. I can see them getting it confused with Christine or Kristen though.
I think a lot of Americans would probably have some difficulty figuring out how to say Maile by just seeing it written down, unless they're familiar with Hawaii or tropical flowers. (Maile is a flower, I believe.) Byt the pronunciation itself isn't hard.
The Maile I know has lived in Delaware her whole life, mayber her way of saying it is more "Americanized?" She has a big family and they all have Hawaiian names too. I know one of her sisters is Keahi, said like Kay-Ah-Hee. Maile has a daughter named Leilani too.
I think a lot of Americans would probably have some difficulty figuring out how to say Maile by just seeing it written down, unless they're familiar with Hawaii or tropical flowers. (Maile is a flower, I believe.) Byt the pronunciation itself isn't hard.
The Maile I know has lived in Delaware her whole life, mayber her way of saying it is more "Americanized?" She has a big family and they all have Hawaiian names too. I know one of her sisters is Keahi, said like Kay-Ah-Hee. Maile has a daughter named Leilani too.
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