Message: "Cornelia and Cordelia?"

Cornelia and Cordelia?

by Tyra (guest)

9/24/2006, 2:45 PM

I always thought that these were said Cor-nee-lee-uh/cor-neel-ya and cor-dee-lee-uh/cor-deel-ya. Someone on another board pronounced Cornelia as cor-nay-lee-uh (with the long a pattern). I remember in the movie "The Girl With The Pearl Earring" that this was the pronounciation used too?? Is this just a Dutch pronunciation or incorrect and if it is correct does it apply to Cordelia too as in cor-day-lee-uh????

Thanks for your help!

#Cordelia #Cornelia

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

9/24/2006, 3:01 PM

This would be more than the Dutch pronunciation; the letter "e" would end up being pronounced something like "ay" or "eh" in most European languages other than English. English is actually very unusual in that we pronounce "e" as we do in words like be, he, me, we, female, etc. I'm fairly sure that Cordelia would be not normally be pronounced with the English "ee" vowel in other European languages anymore than Cornelia would.

- Tyra (guest)

9/24/2006, 3:28 PM

Thanks!

I actually prefer the "e" in both names pronounced in this "ay"/"eh" way but of course it would not make sense for me to being a Brit. I am rarely going to get the pronounciation I want. Shame.

Thanks again.

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