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Why can no-one pronounce my daughter's name!?

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mothertobe789 · 13/04/2019 18:54

So my baby girl is almost three months old, we named her Alyssa. Probably about 75% of people have mispronounced her name and it's really starting to get to me now! I don't want her having to go through life having to correct people all the time.
How would you pronounce Alyssa?
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BlueBuilding · 13/04/2019 18:55

A-liss-a?

BritInUS1 · 13/04/2019 18:55

I would pronounce Alissa

ImportantWater · 13/04/2019 18:55

A-lissa

Smoggle · 13/04/2019 18:55

I'd say Ah-lissa.

Whatdoyouknowwhenyouknownowt · 13/04/2019 18:56

A-Lis-a

margotsdevil · 13/04/2019 18:56

A (as in apple) - liss (as in miss) - a (again as in apple)

So A - liss - a if that makes sense? In Scotland if that makes a difference...

ImHastingsDarling · 13/04/2019 18:56

A-liss-a

Please tell me that's how you pronounce it???

redstapler · 13/04/2019 18:56

Uh-liss-ah

daisypond · 13/04/2019 18:56

A-LISS-a.

ElspethFlashman · 13/04/2019 18:57

Unless you pronounce it Alice-Ah, I can't think how it could possibly be mispronounced.

iklboo · 13/04/2019 18:57

A-liss (rhymes with kiss) -a

DramaAlpaca · 13/04/2019 18:57

I'd pronounce it a-LISS-a, with the emphasis on the middle syllable.

I know an Alyssa, and that's how she says it.

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 13/04/2019 18:57

aLISSah

SimonJT · 13/04/2019 18:57

Where I’m from it would be pronounced Al-eee-sha

Knitclubchatter · 13/04/2019 18:57

how did you think it would be pronounced?

TheInvestigator · 13/04/2019 18:57

I knew someone with that spelling who pronounced it Ah-Lisa

But on first reading, I would say Ah-liss-ah

whodafeck · 13/04/2019 18:58

Ah-liss-a

Overtheborder · 13/04/2019 18:58

Is say al is i a

So I'd pronounce the Y.

PCohle · 13/04/2019 18:58

Ah-liss-ah

mumzy11960 · 13/04/2019 18:58

Ah-Liss-I-Ah
That's how one of my dds pronounces here

OKBobble · 13/04/2019 18:58

A (APPLE) LISS (MISS) UR (as in first part of earth)

Smoggle · 13/04/2019 18:58

How could it be Aleesha? Where's the 'sha' sound?

rosy71 · 13/04/2019 18:58

A -liss-a. I'm not sure how else you could pronounce it.

cstaff · 13/04/2019 18:58

A-lees-a is how I would pronounce that

Strawberryjam16 · 13/04/2019 18:58

We had a girl called Alicia In our year at school. Supply teachers were forever mos pronouncing her name wrong

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