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Alison looks weird. I personally would not assume that spelling, if I heard it. Maybe the pronunciation seemed more ambiguous to someone at some point: I suppose it could look like it rhymes with bison...and there's the French pronunciation; I bet English speakers typically said it differently, so differentiated with spelling eventually, and then there was overlap with the surname. Plus Ali looks like Arabic.

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I've always thought Allison (whatever spelling) sounded stodgy, even when I was a kid.

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I think "AL-ee" is a very likeable NN, whatever the spelling (my preference would be Aly). Sure, you could use Alison without it.

This message was edited 5/29/2021, 7:56 AM