Re: Leigh vs Lee
in reply to a message by LMS
I don't believe "lay" is a standard pronunciation of the personal name Leigh. Of course there may be some people who do pronounce it that way.
Etymologically Leigh is the same word as the ending -ley in placenames and surnames like Huntley, Bingley, Hadley. Regardless of historical pronunciation, which is kind of irrelevant in this case, the modern English pronunciation is -lee.
Etymologically Leigh is the same word as the ending -ley in placenames and surnames like Huntley, Bingley, Hadley. Regardless of historical pronunciation, which is kind of irrelevant in this case, the modern English pronunciation is -lee.
This message was edited 6/16/2018, 3:03 PM