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Re: Maelys
by Caitlín Malia (cait)
11/24/2007, 9:32 AM
in reply to a message by jeziana
I think it has more to do with different people having different ways of transliterating than anyone else. I would write it mah-eh-LEES, kind of like the name Elise with "mah" tacked on to the front. ~ Caitlín

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- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)   +3
11/24/2007, 12:49 PM
Elise would be eh-leez :)
You got Maelys right, although there is no huge accent in the end. It's a bit of a stereotype!
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- Caitlín Malia (cait)   +2
11/24/2007, 4:36 PM
Aha, this is where some of the confusion of accents comes in...in English (at least in my dialect) Elise is eh-LEES, not eh-LEEZ. And the capitals aren't to indicate a big accent, simply which syllable is stressed (even if it's a mild stress).
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- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)   +1
11/25/2007, 9:56 AM
I would say the stress depends on the context more than anything... "EH-leez, shut up!", but "eh-lEEZ??? where are you???". lol
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- Noa
11/25/2007, 10:13 AM
Elise with a stress on the El is like saying the name Ellie with an S - the difference between "Ellie's a nickname for Eleanor" and "Elise went to get some milk." They're the same sounds - eh-leez. There's a pretty big difference, but I don't think a French accent allows for it much. Maybe that's the problem.
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