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If you came across the name Alise, would you think it was pronounced more like Alice or Elise?
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Like Elise.
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More like Elise. :0)
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I would assume Elise.
I didn't even think Alice until I opened the post.
I am not sure that an Alice pronunciation would phonetically make sense due to the final 'e' in Alise. The ending vowel gives the 'i' a long sound. You would have to spell it Alis or Aliss to phonetically get Alice following English rules.
Not that the English rules of pronunciation are always followed in names, of course.
I didn't even think Alice until I opened the post.
I am not sure that an Alice pronunciation would phonetically make sense due to the final 'e' in Alise. The ending vowel gives the 'i' a long sound. You would have to spell it Alis or Aliss to phonetically get Alice following English rules.
Not that the English rules of pronunciation are always followed in names, of course.
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Yeah, I don't think English rules are consistent enough either way with -ise and -ice tbh. =P We have Beatrice, and we have Bernice. We have Janice, and we have Patrice. Lots of examples from words too - police vs office vs sacrifice, etc.
But I know what you're saying - most -ise names end in EES, and I agree that I would think of Elise first. I was surprised when I searched for the name and saw it as a variant of Alice.
But I know what you're saying - most -ise names end in EES, and I agree that I would think of Elise first. I was surprised when I searched for the name and saw it as a variant of Alice.
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I'd pronounce it AH-LEEZ, so closer to Elise?
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