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pronounce Aileas?
hi i like the names Elise and Alice and am thinking of naming of my daughter one or the other. I stumbled across the Scottish version of Alice, Aileas and i really like it but i was wondering how exactly do u pronounce it?? What letters do u put the emphasize on.
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I've met one ...who pronounced it EH-lis or something similiar but then her parents were North American so it might not be 100% correct ...alice x
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I've wondered about that myself. I automatically want to say it like the word "alias". But according to namenerds.com (not sure how accurate it is, though) the pronunciation of Aileas is AH-lus or EH-lus. I don't know if I like it, then. :b
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AH-luss is right - in practice, it sounds just like Alice :-)_____________________________________________________________________"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true."Elinor
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Namenerds is usually accurate, I think...(m)On the whole, though, I think this question would be better posed on the General board. There'll be more people prepared to answer it there.Array
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Sarah *did* post on the Name Facts boardShe then posted over here. *Shrugs*
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"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett!!!!!!!!!! ← Maud, John, Alice, Peter, Emma, Edith, Lewis, Henry, Isabel, and Joseph
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