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Question about Lewis and Louis

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

12/17/2008, 1:27 PM

Thanks so much for posting this! It's particularly wonderful that Scotland actually gives the entire list of names used last year, so we can add up spellings that are probably pronounced the same.

I have a question about that. Would Lewis and Louis generally be pronounced the same in Scotland? Most Americans would pronounce both of them as "LOO-iss". But being closer to France, would the Scots pronounce Louis more like "LOO-ee"?

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- Brightfield (pumpkin) +2

12/17/2008, 1:36 PM

Hi, I have a Louis and am in the UK and here it's pn'ed Lou-ee. I'm in Scotland a lot as my OH is Scottish and it's mostly pn'ed Lou-ee up there too. There are exceptions to the rule of course!

- Lethe (reniannen17) +1

12/17/2008, 3:01 PM

I agree

there will be exceptions but they are most often pronounced differently. e.g. Robert Louis Stevenson is Loo-ee, while Lewis Grassic Gibbon is obviously loo-is

This message was edited 12/17/2008, 4:21 PM

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

12/18/2008, 2:51 PM

thank you!

That's very interesting about Robert Louis Stevenson. As an American I don't think I've ever heard his middle name pronounced without the -s sound on the end. :)

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