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HelpRe: Roselys or Rosalys
in reply to a message by ars musica
Works just fine as a blend - good thinking! I can't think of anything better.
I pronounce them the same, either Rose-a-lease or Roz-a-lease (lease as in rental agreement, with an s not a z). The only place I've encountered either is in a Dante Gabriel Rossetti poem, I think it's The Blessed Damozel, where he rhymes Rosalys with symphonies, which indicates that he imagined a short o sound as in Roz. But then Rosalys might have to have a z sound at the end, which contradicts the Phyllis element, so I'd just stick with a short o and an s sound.
I like the uber-retro look and sound. OK, it's unusual, but better that that something from the Top Five Names of the Decade!
I pronounce them the same, either Rose-a-lease or Roz-a-lease (lease as in rental agreement, with an s not a z). The only place I've encountered either is in a Dante Gabriel Rossetti poem, I think it's The Blessed Damozel, where he rhymes Rosalys with symphonies, which indicates that he imagined a short o sound as in Roz. But then Rosalys might have to have a z sound at the end, which contradicts the Phyllis element, so I'd just stick with a short o and an s sound.
I like the uber-retro look and sound. OK, it's unusual, but better that that something from the Top Five Names of the Decade!
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