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Re: Question about Lewis and Louis

by Brightfield (pumpkin)

12/17/2008, 1:36 PM

in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans

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!

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- 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

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- 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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