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I prefer Elise for both sound and look. I do place the emphasis as you do, on the first syllable for Alice and the second for Elise, but I do not pronounce them the same way. For me, the "a" in Alice is like "aligator" and the "i" is like "lip". The "e" in Elise is "bed" and the "i" is an "ee" sound, like "niece".

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ETA: The "s" sound in both, for me, is soft, not like a "z".

This message was edited 6/2/2011, 9:18 AM