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Edie pronunciation?

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crabette · 12/03/2023 21:13

Love Edie for a little girl, but concerned people would pronounce it differently.

How would you pronounce Edie?

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TwinsAndTiramisu · 12/03/2023 21:13

Eeee Deee

DisplayPurposesOnly · 12/03/2023 21:14

EEEdee

Colgatetoothpaste · 12/03/2023 21:14

Eeee deee

Dragonsandcats · 12/03/2023 21:14

Yes. Ee Dee

SquigglePigs · 12/03/2023 21:14

Pretty much as everyone else has said: EeeDee

Dragonsandcats · 12/03/2023 21:15

DisplayPurposesOnly · 12/03/2023 21:14

EEEdee

Like this so stronger emphasis on first syllable.

SNWannabe · 12/03/2023 21:15

EeDee

Its a nice name

CoconutQueen · 12/03/2023 21:16

As above. There is no other way to pronounce it OP.

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crabette · 12/03/2023 21:16

Oh excellent!!! I worried about Eddie. But I love ee-dee!

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NannyR · 12/03/2023 21:16

Eedie as in short for Edith (eedith).

WelshWondergirl · 12/03/2023 21:18

It's Ee-dee. My best friend has one.

Be prepared to have to correct people all the time. Evie or Eddie are the usual suspects. My friend regrets it a bit because of that.

Briallen · 12/03/2023 21:18

E D

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crabette · 12/03/2023 21:56

@WelshWondergirl I think that's my fear, that folk think it's Eddie? It's annoying that that makes your friend question her decision.

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Carsarelife · 12/03/2023 22:09

It was my nans name. People always pronounced it Eeeee deeee but in Xmas cards and birthday cards people would always write.....Dear Eddie.....god knows why .
Her actual name was Edith actually

Imamumgetmeoutofhere · 12/03/2023 22:25

Eeee deee

evemillbank · 12/03/2023 23:05

Id say eee Dee. But the truth is however you want it to be pronounced lots of people with get it wrong because some people will say Eddie.

evemillbank · 12/03/2023 23:06

I think people who do not have English as their first language will always say Eddie.

MrsSkylerWhite · 12/03/2023 23:08

E D

MajorCarolDanvers · 12/03/2023 23:09

Eel dee

ReadersD1gest · 12/03/2023 23:10

I really don't think people will confuse it with Eddie...

tinyme77 · 12/03/2023 23:10

EEE DEE like the footballer Darren Eadie.

ourflagmeansdeath · 12/03/2023 23:40

It's unlikely you'll get a lot of Eddie's tbh, Edie's a common enough name. But do agree that people who don't have English as their first language may mispronounce, a friend of mine only recently learned English and says Evie as Evvy and Ava as Ah-va for instance. But those can be easily corrected and these people would be in the minority so would not be an issue.

xprincessxjanetx · 12/03/2023 23:55

Ee-dee

Luredbyapomegranate · 13/03/2023 00:45

ee-dee

It’s the only way it will be said, it’s very popular

FayCarew · 13/03/2023 05:21

EE-dee