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in reply to a message by Susan
I know it is pronounced as Alice in James Goldman's The Lion in Winter
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Hi, Shiraz -- and welcome to Behindthename Land! I think the "Alois" that you're remembering from Goldman's play was actually "Alais", and definitely a lovely feminine name pronounced as you said.
The "Alois" that I know of is a masculine name. It is a variation of the name "Aloysius", and is pronounced: "al-oh-weese". The name was spoiled by having belonged to a certain "Alois Schicklgruber" -- who could have spared the world a great deal of tragedy had he been born sterile.
-- Nanaea
The "Alois" that I know of is a masculine name. It is a variation of the name "Aloysius", and is pronounced: "al-oh-weese". The name was spoiled by having belonged to a certain "Alois Schicklgruber" -- who could have spared the world a great deal of tragedy had he been born sterile.
-- Nanaea
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...Herr Schicklgruber's greatest crime was that he changed his surname to
something more commercially palatable. "Heil Schicklgruber!" would have
been quite a mouthful even by German standards, and Jr. would have
spent his wasted lifetime producing cheesy artwork...
something more commercially palatable. "Heil Schicklgruber!" would have
been quite a mouthful even by German standards, and Jr. would have
spent his wasted lifetime producing cheesy artwork...
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ahh, right you are....
ahh well
ahh well
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