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HelpMaile is Hawaiian...
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And it is pronounced My-Lee. I know a Hawaiian lady who is named Maile and that's how she says it.
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Its its MY-lay, which is different to me at least.
But I am glad to see you know someone pn it My-lee.
Question: Do you think people (in America) will stumble on the pn of Maile too much? Its not a huge problem for me, my name is Kristina and people stumble on that all the time, and my mom's name is almost never pn correctly until she tells them to just call her by her nn.
Its its MY-lay, which is different to me at least.
But I am glad to see you know someone pn it My-lee.
Question: Do you think people (in America) will stumble on the pn of Maile too much? Its not a huge problem for me, my name is Kristina and people stumble on that all the time, and my mom's name is almost never pn correctly until she tells them to just call her by her nn.
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How on earth do people stumble over Kristiana? It's common enough that nobody should be mispronouncing it. I can see them getting it confused with Christine or Kristen though.
I think a lot of Americans would probably have some difficulty figuring out how to say Maile by just seeing it written down, unless they're familiar with Hawaii or tropical flowers. (Maile is a flower, I believe.) Byt the pronunciation itself isn't hard.
The Maile I know has lived in Delaware her whole life, mayber her way of saying it is more "Americanized?" She has a big family and they all have Hawaiian names too. I know one of her sisters is Keahi, said like Kay-Ah-Hee. Maile has a daughter named Leilani too.
I think a lot of Americans would probably have some difficulty figuring out how to say Maile by just seeing it written down, unless they're familiar with Hawaii or tropical flowers. (Maile is a flower, I believe.) Byt the pronunciation itself isn't hard.
The Maile I know has lived in Delaware her whole life, mayber her way of saying it is more "Americanized?" She has a big family and they all have Hawaiian names too. I know one of her sisters is Keahi, said like Kay-Ah-Hee. Maile has a daughter named Leilani too.
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Thanks
From what I can tell its a vine or something used to make the lies.
As far as screwing up Kristina, I have no idea. Most people pn my name Kristen or Kristine, or will write it that way after I say Kristina. I grew up with quite a few of them, so it wasnt a problem in school - but people I met randomly would question it.
Thanks again!
From what I can tell its a vine or something used to make the lies.
As far as screwing up Kristina, I have no idea. Most people pn my name Kristen or Kristine, or will write it that way after I say Kristina. I grew up with quite a few of them, so it wasnt a problem in school - but people I met randomly would question it.
Thanks again!
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