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How would you pronounce Laelia

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PoemBeatrice · 18/05/2022 16:47

I would pronounce it like Layla but with a -e-, so maybe bit more drawn LEH--lee-a, where you draw first syllable a bit.

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TakeMe2Insanity · 19/05/2022 21:39

Please don’t, especially as Laylee is an actual name(arabic).

Options are: Layla/Leila, Laylee, Leela. The wrong pronunciation will just be a lifetime of headache.

RedGazelle · 19/05/2022 13:24

Lay Lee ah

One of my dd’s has a slightly more unusual Latin name and lots of people do assume I made it up, most of them are quite surprised when I say it’s Latin

Chubarubrub · 19/05/2022 12:46

Lay-Lee-uh

jammyrose · 19/05/2022 12:44

Lay-lee-a? It comes across as a cross between Layla/Leila and Leah/Lia. I’d probably pick one or the other.

Billandben444 · 19/05/2022 10:50

NotCrossBun · 19/05/2022 10:39

Your comment is a little mean but I love the blackadder reference Grin

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Yes, it was mean. I apologise.

ImFree2doasiwant · 19/05/2022 10:41

Like labia

NotCrossBun · 19/05/2022 10:39

Billandben444 · 19/05/2022 06:08

Who would want their poor child to spend the rest of their life correcting the pronunciation of their name? Why would you do that? Call her Bob.

Your comment is a little mean but I love the blackadder reference Grin

CupidStunt22 · 19/05/2022 10:38

It is latin but its pronounced LAy-lee-ah.

justpronounce.com/english/laelia

KirstenBlest · 19/05/2022 10:34

@CupidStunt22 , it's latin and is pronounced La-elly-ah
but plants are often not pronounced in the latin way, eg fuchsia, dahlia, camellia.

I believe that gardeners say it to rhyme with Dahlia (Dale-ya)

BlossomWind · 19/05/2022 10:20

muddyford · 18/05/2022 18:49

Ae is pronounced ee as in faeces. So Leelia.

Not always. Fae (fairy) is pronounced fay. Aeroplane is pronounced airoplane.

I'd pronounce it lay-lee-ah, or La Ellia.

MoonKnight · 19/05/2022 10:20

To rhyme with Dahlia

roratone · 19/05/2022 10:17

Just dont.

CupidStunt22 · 19/05/2022 10:16

muddyford · 18/05/2022 18:49

Ae is pronounced ee as in faeces. So Leelia.

No, it isn't always. It's LAY LEE AH. It's an orchid. IT's not a name but it is a word and there is no discussion to be had on the pronounciation, it only has one. And it's not a very hard one.

Billandben444 · 19/05/2022 06:08

Who would want their poor child to spend the rest of their life correcting the pronunciation of their name? Why would you do that? Call her Bob.

How would you pronounce Laelia
ShandaLear · 19/05/2022 05:29

Please don’t do this to your baby.

MrsDrSpencerReid · 19/05/2022 05:15

‘Lay lee ah’ or ‘Lee Lee ah’

Some harsh responses on here 😬

I think it’s quite pretty!

Penguinsaregreat · 19/05/2022 05:01

Lay lah, I wouldn't take time working it out. If I met them in person is ask how to pronounce it.

fossilsmorefossils · 19/05/2022 04:55

Do you want you and your child to spend the rest of your lives correcting peoples pronounciation and spelling of a name? Because it's fucking exhausting. Don't do that to your child. Choose a normal name and use the most used spelling. It's selfish to give your child a weird name or spelling just to sound interesting. There are thousands and thousands of normal names to choose from, there will be something you like.

WhatsInAMolatovMocktail · 19/05/2022 04:40

To rhyme with Celia.
Just pick a normal name ffs

bridgetreilly · 19/05/2022 03:28

Laelia, pronounced ‘pretentious parents’.

rnsaslkih · 19/05/2022 01:02

I wouldn’t pronounce it

because I wouldn’t want to risk getting it wrong

think carefully before giving a child a name that some people will avoid saying

peaceinourtime · 19/05/2022 00:30

I assume its pronounced lay-la as there are lots different spellings of it. Using an exotic name is always a risk as it will either wind up being pronounced as lay-la and the child will go by it or they will be forever correcting people on a day basis of both people who know it or don't. As well as another reason which has slipped my mind.

PaddleBoardingMomma · 19/05/2022 00:09

Kev-in

chubbachub · 19/05/2022 00:05

muddyford · 18/05/2022 18:49

Ae is pronounced ee as in faeces. So Leelia.

😂😂
Brutal

TheNoteIsEternal · 18/05/2022 23:59

Lie Lee a

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