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Help[Opinions] Esme/Esmee?
What is the correct pronunciation?
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es-MAY
Esmée's the correct female form of the name, btw; Esmé is the male form.
And, yeah, I know Esmé's been used for girls for ages, but the original bearer of the name (Esmé Stewart/Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox, whose mother was French: see http://snipurl.com/1mglc) was male... and we English-speakers don't (usually!) use René, Desiré/Désiré, or Aimé for girls, we use the correct Renée, Desirée/Désirée, and Aimée.
Esmée's the correct female form of the name, btw; Esmé is the male form.
And, yeah, I know Esmé's been used for girls for ages, but the original bearer of the name (Esmé Stewart/Stuart, 1st Duke of Lennox, whose mother was French: see http://snipurl.com/1mglc) was male... and we English-speakers don't (usually!) use René, Desiré/Désiré, or Aimé for girls, we use the correct Renée, Desirée/Désirée, and Aimée.
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EZ-MEE
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as far as I know it's es-MAY
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Ez-may is the way I pronounce it.
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EZ-may
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Yep, what Aine said. Lovely name :)
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Ditto errr Tritto on that!
From someone who used to prefer Ess-mee (oh how I now cringe at that), I'd stick t the proper pronounciation or change the spelling to Esmie / Esmy.
From someone who used to prefer Ess-mee (oh how I now cringe at that), I'd stick t the proper pronounciation or change the spelling to Esmie / Esmy.
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EZ-may. That's how I've always said it and believe it's supposed to be pronounced.
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Ez-mah, I'm pretty sure :-D
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Ez-mah, I'm pretty sure :-D
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ez-may.
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As far as I know, it's EZ-may.
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