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Re: Does Leila work as LY-la in an English speaking country (more)

by Gingersnap (Ranchie)

7/2/2021, 10:22 PM

It doesn’t make sense to me. Lei is pronounced lay. It also looks like Leia, which is so culturally ingrained as being pronounced lay-uh because of Star Wars.

I would pronounce these as LY-la: Lila, Lilah, Lyla, Lylah

I would pronounce these as LAY-la: Layla, Leila, Laila

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- clevelandkentevans +1

7/4/2021, 6:54 AM

I know that for some reason people tend to pronounce the Star Wars character as "Lay-uh" today, but I remember it as "Lee-uh" in the original movie.

Hear at about 35 seconds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAAXorA4pg8

- Perrine (Destry)

7/4/2021, 9:25 AM

I don't heard LEE-a. I hear LEH-a, as in how the French Léa and the German Lea are pronounced. It is not quite an AY sound because you don't open your mouth so much, it is more like a long EH but not an EE.

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