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How would you pronounce Eirlys?

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soundsystem · 22/06/2014 20:53

I'd only ever heard this pronounced one way, but recently have heard it pronounced differently (in a way that actually sounds nicer, but I think isn't correct!)

If you're familiar with this name, I'd be interested in your thoughts on correct pronunciation, and whether there's more than one "correct" way (regional differences, maybe?)

If you've never come across Eirlys before, I'd love your thoughts on how you'd intuitively say it.

Thanks :)

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fuzzpig · 24/06/2014 20:37

Air-liss

I like it :)

fuzzpig · 24/06/2014 20:38

(Had never heard of it before though)

BikeRunSki · 24/06/2014 21:37

I love Eirlys. It's not my name, my name is Alice, but we have a Welsh family friend who calls me Eirlys, as a deliberate mispronunciation of my name because I loves snow!

guineapig1 · 24/06/2014 21:43

Eir I would pronounce to rhyme with hay with an r on the end ( and obviously without the h) - lys to rhyme with list but without the "t". West wales here Smile

AntsMarching · 25/06/2014 19:09

My DH is a Dewi. I can't say it properly Blush although I've tried hard for the last 9 years!

TeamEdward · 26/06/2014 00:07

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BackforGood · 26/06/2014 00:14

Ire - liss is the nearest I can describe, but all the ones I know have been Welsh, and it's that peculiarly Welsh E at the beginning of a name that almost sounds like it's a bit combined with an 'A' too Grin
If they are not going to be living in a Welsh community, it's going to cause a lot of problems with people not being able to get it right, IME

MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom · 26/06/2014 02:13

Ayr (ay as in hay) loss

Fluent Welsh speaker, know a few Eirlyses and they all pronounce it that way.

MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom · 26/06/2014 02:14

*liss, not loss! bloody autocorrect Grin

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