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Help[Opinions] Re: Purposefully mispronounced names
in reply to a message by New_Chloe
I was meaning to asking something like this, but I never got around to it. It's nice to know that there are other stubborn people out there.
The one name that I pronounce "wrong," according to the database and several of the people here, is Zuleika. I don't like it with ei as in weight (zoo-LAY-kah). It sounds horrible. I like it with an ei as in height (zoo-LIE-kah). I think that ei as in receive (zoo-LEE-kah) is cute too, but it's just not as nice.
LEE was actually how I pronounced Zuleika when I first saw it and LIE is how it was said the first and only time I've ever heard it spoken aloud.
The one name that I pronounce "wrong," according to the database and several of the people here, is Zuleika. I don't like it with ei as in weight (zoo-LAY-kah). It sounds horrible. I like it with an ei as in height (zoo-LIE-kah). I think that ei as in receive (zoo-LEE-kah) is cute too, but it's just not as nice.
LEE was actually how I pronounced Zuleika when I first saw it and LIE is how it was said the first and only time I've ever heard it spoken aloud.
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I've always like the German ei, which is also part of the reason why I like zoo-LIE-kah better than zoo-LAY-kah. Somehow it's easier for me to justify ei being said as an IE than an AY.
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