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Elias - How do British pronounce it?

61 replies

SantaClausss · 18/12/2022 21:59

It’s natural to me, as I read it, to pronounce it as Eee - lee - as.

Is it the way it is pronounced in the Uk?

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Fizzadora · 19/12/2022 12:36

I would pronounce it

Eee - lie - as

No emphasis on any syllable.

Abraxan · 19/12/2022 12:48

FayCarew · 19/12/2022 12:30

What did you teach them, @Abraxan ? What were their backgrounds?

Mainly white European and/or British boys, primary school age. Living in the north off England.

El-ee-uh-s

Abraxan · 19/12/2022 12:48

Of not off

FayCarew · 19/12/2022 12:51

Ah, I thought maybe middle eastern, north african or pakistani heritage.
I prefer the El-ee-us/as pronunciation.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 19/12/2022 13:16

Ell eye as

housemaus · 19/12/2022 13:27

Uh-LIE-uss (or Eh-LIE-ess - somewhere between those two sounds).

ShaunaTheSheep · 19/12/2022 13:36

Uh-lie-uhs is the closest I can get.

ShaunaTheSheep · 19/12/2022 13:37

Emphasis on the lie

Irridescantshimmmer · 19/12/2022 13:56

Ehl-eye-as

catsandkid · 19/12/2022 14:16

El- igh-as

TheNinthLock · 19/12/2022 15:21

Ee-lie-as

Jellyjam36 · 19/12/2022 15:27

Eh Lie As

Greensleevevssnotnose · 19/12/2022 15:28

SantaClausss · 18/12/2022 21:59

It’s natural to me, as I read it, to pronounce it as Eee - lee - as.

Is it the way it is pronounced in the Uk?

Eee lie ass

H1Drangea · 19/12/2022 15:30

Eee lie us

DreamingOfAGreenChristmas · 19/12/2022 15:35

A couple in my DC’s schools, both el-LY-us

jtaeapa · 19/12/2022 15:36

I know one

Ee lie as

Purplemagnolias · 19/12/2022 16:30

Eh - lee - as.

I also pronounce Eliot as Eh - lee - ot

I don't know where the lye comes from

Blueduvet22 · 19/12/2022 16:49

Purplemagnolias · 19/12/2022 16:30

Eh - lee - as.

I also pronounce Eliot as Eh - lee - ot

I don't know where the lye comes from

Exactly! This is the part I don’t understand too…

I pronounce Elliot the same way as you.

zurala · 19/12/2022 17:06

I wouldn't really be sure!
Ee-lie-ass is my first instinct, then elly-ass.
I'd have to ask.

zurala · 19/12/2022 17:08

The lie bit is same as Elijah - eh-lie-jah.

walkinthewoodstoday · 19/12/2022 17:10

Elle igh as

Wavingnotdrown1ng · 19/12/2022 17:23

I know two - both Eh LIE as

Purplemagnolias · 19/12/2022 19:57

I know a female Eliana and it's pronounced Eh lee ah na.

And NOT Eh lye ah na

Yarrawonga · 19/12/2022 20:03

Ell-lie-us

Blueduvet22 · 19/12/2022 21:57

Purplemagnolias · 19/12/2022 19:57

I know a female Eliana and it's pronounced Eh lee ah na.

And NOT Eh lye ah na

Same! I know an Eliana that is pronounced as Eh- lee - Ana !

Why Elias is like Elijah and not like Elliot or Eliana is a mystery …