To ask how you pronounce Amelia

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DD is called Amelia. Most people I know seem to pronounce it 'ah-mil-yuh', which is how I have always said it. However, we have recently moved to a completely new area and EVERYONE here pronounces it 'ah-mee-lee-yah', which imo sounds so so annoying. I know I am probably being pretentious not liking the way people say it, but I never realised it was pronounced like that!

Is this the normal way and I've always been saying it wrong??

Second way here OP.

London born and bred.

The second way for me. I've never heard it pronounced the first way. I'm from the South if that makes a difference.

The second way A-meelee-ya

I've almost always heard it pronounced "a-meal-ya" .

I know one woman who pounces it "am-e-lee-a" and thought it was odd! I'm in Scotland if that makes a difference.

Second way. Never heard the first.

Definitely a-meel-ee-ya - four syllables, but you can hear the 'y' before the last a. Which is common in English - listen to people say 'genius'.

Second way for me born in south east England now living in Scotland.
It's how it's spelt, never thought it could be said in any other way.

'ah-mee-lee-yah'
I've never heard it pronounced any other way and I'm from the south.

My DD is also Amelia - pronounced the second way. She's now 21 - I like to think of myself as a bit of a standard bearer - there's never been any in her year at school.

Second way but I have a friend who is Polish who has a daughter called America and she pronounces it the first way.

EVERYONE here pronounces it 'ah-mee-lee-yah', which imo sounds so so annoying

That is how the name is pronounced! How could you pick it without knowing that?

Woops I've been saying 'ah-mee-lee-ya' to quite a few girls I know called Amelia. I've never heard anyone pronounce it your way even in 'well to do' circles! Just accept it.

Second way for me too, SE England. I don't know many, but have always pronounced it that way since reading the Naughty Amelia Jane books as a child.

I'm in Scotland and have relatives who pronounce it Ah-mee-ull-ya, with most of the stress on the 'ull'. I have a colleague called Amelia who pronounces it the second way in the OP, but goes by Amy to cut down on explanation time.

A-mee-lee-a is the only way I've ever heard it pronounced.

First way - definitely. Never ever heard anyone PN it the second way

Definitely the 2nd way. Friend with Aussie accent does too. She has a child called Amelia.

the second way to pronounce it. Why choose such a french name if you do not like how it is pronounced?!

Ah-meel-yah, only three syllables, but with a definite ee rather than ih sound in the middle. I'm in London.

The second way, I didn't know about the first way??

My friend calls her DD Ah meely ah (no particular emphasis on any bit)

I'm saying it over in my head and I think I probably would say A meely ah too!

Definitely am-ee-lee-yar.

Sorry OP!

Me too, pinkie (and I'm in Yorkshire).

Dd14 is Ah me li ah.

My Lithuanian friend has a 3 yo called emilja pronounced em il yah

I know 4 Amelia's. Have only ever heard it pronounced the 4 syllable Am - ee - lee - a