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See Aloysius for Aloysia, only replace the ending with an "a".
Johann is YO-hahn.
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Johann is YO-hahn.
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Hmm...
...that pronunciation of Aloysius looks very incorrect to me.
...that pronunciation of Aloysius looks very incorrect to me.
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It's the way I've always pronounced it.
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Well, you guys know it better :)
I just couldn't, you know, connect the given pronunciation to the spelling of the name. In German, it's Ah-LOY-zee-oos (but the last two syllables are short). I thought that it would have to be something like Ah-LOY-shus in English, and the -WISH- confused me. But after three attempts at pronunciation it started to make more sense...
So, yeah, BtN was right, of course. :)
I just couldn't, you know, connect the given pronunciation to the spelling of the name. In German, it's Ah-LOY-zee-oos (but the last two syllables are short). I thought that it would have to be something like Ah-LOY-shus in English, and the -WISH- confused me. But after three attempts at pronunciation it started to make more sense...
So, yeah, BtN was right, of course. :)
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I knew an Aloysius who pronunced his name that way.
Perhaps it's an English (or American) pronunciation? How would you say Aloysius?
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Perhaps it's an English (or American) pronunciation? How would you say Aloysius?
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All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
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I've met several men named Aloysius...
and all of them pronounced their name as BtN describes it. They were all North American as well. I don't think the pronunciation would hold up well in a German speaking country though.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
and all of them pronounced their name as BtN describes it. They were all North American as well. I don't think the pronunciation would hold up well in a German speaking country though.
~Mark Twain
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I read Joseph Wambaugh's "The Glitter Dome" and noted the name Aloysius, but never bothered too much with how to pronounce it... anyway, when I saw "O Brother, Where Art Thou," and I heard Everett McGill (George Clooney) say to the blind DJ, "Only four of us can write - Merton and AL-OO-WISH-US will have to make an X," I started playing with it in my head, saying, "Can that be... is it... is THAT how Aloysius is pronounced?" I couldn't think of any OTHER name that might be pronounced that way, and so I finally looked it up. Yeppers - Al-oo-wish-us it is!
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Just looking at it? ah-LOY-see-us.
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