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HelpRe: Lillian or Lilia?
in reply to a message by Pink Princess
I mean, how else are you supposed to say it?
LEE-lee-ah would be the German pronunciation and could also be the Russian / Ukrainian one, not sure though. This makes more sense to us, as the name is derived from the word for lily (we say Lilie) which is also pronounced with an 'ee' sound instead of 'i': LEE-lee-ə. Plus, almost all European languages (English is an exception here) pronounce an a (even at the end of a word) as 'ah', never 'uh' or 'ə'.
LEE-lee-ah would be the German pronunciation and could also be the Russian / Ukrainian one, not sure though. This makes more sense to us, as the name is derived from the word for lily (we say Lilie) which is also pronounced with an 'ee' sound instead of 'i': LEE-lee-ə. Plus, almost all European languages (English is an exception here) pronounce an a (even at the end of a word) as 'ah', never 'uh' or 'ə'.
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See in my accent, ah and uh are almost identical. I have to reeeeally strain to hear any difference.
And that makes sense that you would pronounce it with how you say Lily with an ah at the end. That's what I do too, I just pronounce Lily differently than you.
And that makes sense that you would pronounce it with how you say Lily with an ah at the end. That's what I do too, I just pronounce Lily differently than you.
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Oh, I didn't know that 'uh' and 'ah' is almost the same in your accent. My mouth is wide open when I say 'ah', if that helps ;)
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