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in reply to a message by Lily
All of them are LAY-la. Leila looks the most correct to me, closely followed by Layla. I've never seen Laila before. How else would you pronounce Leila besides LAY-la? I don't get any images from any of them really, but Leila and especially Laila are darker than Layla, which is more blue.
Lila is LY-la. I would only assume it would be pronounced LEE-la if it were on a Hispanic person. Not too common, I've never met one.
Same with those types of names. Never met any of them. Then again I've never met an Isabella or Ava either, so... :)
Lila is LY-la. I would only assume it would be pronounced LEE-la if it were on a Hispanic person. Not too common, I've never met one.
Same with those types of names. Never met any of them. Then again I've never met an Isabella or Ava either, so... :)
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The original pronunciation for Leila is LY-la. And I guess you could also say LEE-la. I can't think of many cases in which the -ei is pronounced like AY in the English language so my guess was that many would say LEE-la.
LEE-la is the original pronunciation of Lila and I heard it's common in Britain.
LEE-la is the original pronunciation of Lila and I heard it's common in Britain.
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There are a lot of words that contain -ei- that make an "AY" sound. Haven't you heard the mnemonic "I before E except after C and except when said 'ay' as neighbor and weigh" ?
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Yeah, that
To me, ei = ay in English, unless it's following a c or in one of the few exception words (such as weird). Plus Leila begins with lei.
To me, ei = ay in English, unless it's following a c or in one of the few exception words (such as weird). Plus Leila begins with lei.
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