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How would you pronounce Alaïa??

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Shanonymous23 · 24/09/2025 14:15

I love the name Alaïa which I would pronounce as (A-lay-ah) but was just wondering how other people would pronounce it or whether it would be best to spell it Alaia without the double dot above the i.

I personally prefer the way it looks with an i/ï than spelt with a y (Alaya)

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user1492757084 · 27/09/2025 14:14

A liar.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 27/09/2025 14:18

Don’t bother with the umlaut. It’s pointless, and a bit pretentious, if I’m being honest. It’s

DuchessOfNarcissex · 27/09/2025 14:54

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 27/09/2025 14:18

Don’t bother with the umlaut. It’s pointless, and a bit pretentious, if I’m being honest. It’s

It's neither pointless nor pretentious. Not sure why you felt you needed to be honest. It's ... ?

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 27/09/2025 14:55

Yeah, it’s definitely both, and I said it because I meant it.

DuchessOfNarcissex · 27/09/2025 14:57

@ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews , It's not. It's a French spelling of an Arabic name.

cygnusgenie · 27/09/2025 15:06

I wouldn't have any idea how to pronounce it. But I'd probably just ask, there's loads of names I don't know how to pronounce, it's not the end of the world.

pinkfluffybirds · 27/09/2025 18:57

I like the name, but I don’t like your spelling. I can imagine in school if she’s ever caught up in a lie they will say she’s literally called A Lier!

3pears · 27/09/2025 18:59

With the 2 dots - a- lay- ee-ah

without- a- lay- ah

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