Message: "Well, you guys know it better :)" - Behind the Name

Well, you guys know it better :)

by Kaleko (guest)

12/9/2005, 10:40 AM

in reply to a message by Eden

I just couldn't, you know, connect the given pronunciation to the spelling of the name. In German, it's Ah-LOY-zee-oos (but the last two syllables are short). I thought that it would have to be something like Ah-LOY-shus in English, and the -WISH- confused me. But after three attempts at pronunciation it started to make more sense...

So, yeah, BtN was right, of course. :)

Messages

Mozart · Courtney · 12/7/2005, 2:02 PM

•Re: Mozart · Kaleko · 12/7/2005, 4:14 PM

•Re: Mozart · Miranda · 12/7/2005, 3:32 PM

•Hmm... · Kaleko · 12/7/2005, 4:16 PM

•It's the way I've always pronounced it. nt · Eden · 12/9/2005, 8:49 AM

•Well, you guys know it better :) · Kaleko · 12/9/2005, 10:40 AM

•I knew an Aloysius who pronunced his name that way. (m) · Array · 12/7/2005, 7:59 PM

•I've met several men named Aloysius... · iris · 12/8/2005, 6:45 AM

•Re: I've met several men named Aloysius... · Yort · 12/12/2005, 12:57 PM

•Just looking at it? ah-LOY-see-us. nt · Miranda · 12/7/2005, 9:59 PM

•Re: Mozart · Caprice · 12/7/2005, 3:24 PM

•Re: Mozart · Chrisell · 12/7/2005, 2:22 PM