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in reply to a message by raindancing
Mahalia could indeed be the right one, if it's being mispronounced. It certainly *looks* like it could be ma-HA-lee-a, but it's actually MAH-lee-a AFAIK.
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Your right it is MAH-lee-a as far as I know too. :)I shoud have made myself clearer
unfortunatly names get mispronounced or misspelled all the time I was just thinking that someone who didnt know the pronouciation might think it was ma-HA-lee-a, I have seen it happen with other names
unfortunatly names get mispronounced or misspelled all the time I was just thinking that someone who didnt know the pronouciation might think it was ma-HA-lee-a, I have seen it happen with other names
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? Are you all saying that in Australia "Mahalia" is normally pronounced as MAH-lee-a? That seems like an odd pronunciation for that spelling to me. In the USA Mahalia is normally pronounced mah-HALE-yuh, with the middle syllable rhyming with "dale", as in the name of the famous gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
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Well I have only known of one person with this name a deceased aunt of a freind and she pronounced it Mah-lee-a as far as I know, I live in England
Edited to say I spoke to my freind today her aunt actually spelt her name Mahlia, so I actually dont know of anyone called Mahalia :)
Edited to say I spoke to my freind today her aunt actually spelt her name Mahlia, so I actually dont know of anyone called Mahalia :)
This message was edited 11/29/2005, 6:04 AM
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I've never met anyone called Mahalia, but the closely-related Mahala is pronounced MAH-la (which is bourne out by the name it comes from, Mahlah), and it would seem logical therefore that Mahalia also did not have the middle 'a' emphasised.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Really? I've always said it mah-HAL-lee-ah, with HAL as in the name Al but with an H.
Then again, I've never heard Mahalia pronounced out loud, in reference to Ms. Jackson or otherwise. So I'm probably not a good person to consult on this matter. :-p
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Then again, I've never heard Mahalia pronounced out loud, in reference to Ms. Jackson or otherwise. So I'm probably not a good person to consult on this matter. :-p
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