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Lucia

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Swiminthesea23 · 27/03/2019 12:14

Thoughts on Lucia (as in St Lucia)??

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MrsH2002 · 27/03/2019 13:21

I know a lovely girl called Lucia, pronounced Loo-sha.
It’s not silly, it’s the English pronunciation!
She’s simply corrected people if they pronounce it differently, it’s never been an issue. And she says she gets lots of compliments on her name.

BlueMerchant · 27/03/2019 13:11

It's plagued by pronunciation problems so it really puts me off.

ColeHawlins · 27/03/2019 13:11

Apart from anything else the LOO-SHA prononciation sounds like "looser".

SherlockSays · 27/03/2019 13:09

Lucia is predominately an Italian name and is pronounced loo-chia - my friends DD is named it after her Italian mother.

I like the name but I think you do need to have some Italian connection and it definitely won't be pronounced like St Lucia.

Doyoumind · 27/03/2019 13:07

You're not silly but you are contemplating giving your child a name where 90% of people will mispronounce it first off and many will continue to mispronounce it even when told. She will have to put up with that for the rest of her life.

ColeHawlins · 27/03/2019 13:07

It can certainly be pronounced loo-sha. In fact that's the English pronunciation, where do people think the name of the island St Lucia (loo-sha) comes from?

It's archaic, though isn't it? Even to have an "English prononciation" of non English words?

From the time British Toffs wandered the globe changing the prononciation and spelling of other people's names and place names?

Like "Bechuanaland", "Calcutta", "Moslem"and so on.

"Lucia" is not an English name. It's of Italian or Spanish origin.

nometal · 27/03/2019 13:03

Jeremy Hunt's wife's name.

Pemba · 27/03/2019 12:58

It can certainly be pronounced loo-sha. In fact that's the English pronunciation, where do people think the name of the island St Lucia (loo-sha) comes from?

There are many pronunciations for this name, currently loo-see-a and loo-chee-a (Italian) appear to be more popular.

Newsflash troppi many names have more than one pronunciation, often because of differing pronunciations from other countries. You can't just declare them incorrect because it's not the version you happen to be familiar with.

MikeUniformMike · 27/03/2019 12:46

I would pronounce Lucia as Loosha. Others will say Looch-ee-ah or Lucy-ah. I think it will be a PITA. Nice though.
I really liked Alicia pronounce Al-ISH-a, until I realised that I'm probably the only one saying it that way.

troppibambini · 27/03/2019 12:38

I don't understand people who purposely mispronounce names it's makes my teeth itch.
There is a girl at my ds school called Zofia and they pronounce it ZOF-ia. Just daft at least learn how to pronounce a name if you're going for something unusual.

troppibambini · 27/03/2019 12:36

Nope. It's loocheea.
St Lucia is a place not a child.

ColdCrumpetsandButter · 27/03/2019 12:34

You'll never get that pronunciation. It will always be the two already suggested.

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Swiminthesea23 · 27/03/2019 12:34

I'm aware there are three ways of spelling it.
And yes one way is Lucia the same as St Lucia... So not silly

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ColeHawlins · 27/03/2019 12:30

Thoughts on Lucia

Lovely.

(as in St Lucia)??

Not lovely. Silly.

Doyoumind · 27/03/2019 12:19

I wouldn't read it as St Lucia.

I would expect either Looseea or Loochia.

RuthW · 27/03/2019 12:16

My friend is call Lucia said Loo- sea-a but more commonly said Loo-chi -a