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HelpRe: Lillian or Lilia?
in reply to a message by Pink Princess
I mean, how else are you supposed to say it?
LEE-lee-ah would be the German pronunciation and could also be the Russian / Ukrainian one, not sure though. This makes more sense to us, as the name is derived from the word for lily (we say Lilie) which is also pronounced with an 'ee' sound instead of 'i': LEE-lee-ə. Plus, almost all European languages (English is an exception here) pronounce an a (even at the end of a word) as 'ah', never 'uh' or 'ə'.
LEE-lee-ah would be the German pronunciation and could also be the Russian / Ukrainian one, not sure though. This makes more sense to us, as the name is derived from the word for lily (we say Lilie) which is also pronounced with an 'ee' sound instead of 'i': LEE-lee-ə. Plus, almost all European languages (English is an exception here) pronounce an a (even at the end of a word) as 'ah', never 'uh' or 'ə'.
This message was edited 4/8/2010, 12:50 AM
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