not baby name but pronunciation issue leah

[PenelopePitstops]

leah i would say lee ah

but can it also be said lay ah?

met someone who spells is leah but pronounces it layah

I would say Lee-ah.

Star Wars fan?
I would say Lee ah.

I say Lee ah but had a Lay ah in my class at school.

She can pronouce it however she wants I guess seeing as is her name!

My niece is Lee - ah and has never been called Lay - ah.

i know she can say it how she likes but was wondering if she was the norm

Lay-ah

Every one I know (including my Theology lecturer if thats a clue!) says Lee-ah.

layah i thought was Leia?

me too peachy

anna do you think its a freench pronunciation?

I remember Lay-ah from my RE lessons at prep school

I have a Leah; we say Lee-ah, and so far only a couple have had confusion with pronunciation.

My brother always calls her 'Princess Leah' .

Isn't Lay-ah the Hebrew pronunciation?

I know a Leah pronounced lee-ah and a Leia pronounced lay-ah

hi also have a Leah ,we say Lee ah ,also have a Lukehe is older but we are def not Star Wars fans having only seen the one film aged 7my bf did ask if I produced dc3 would we call it Chewie!I said only if as hairy as dh!!!!!!!!!!We needed short names as our second name is a bit of a mouthfull that most people cant pronounce!

An Israeli friend is Lay-ah, although she is spelled Lea but I don't think the h makes that much difference.

Anyhow I thought it was all academic coz there was a language issue that negated vowels in the OT so they were added through guesswork and oral tradition? Or was that only parts of the OT? (the whole nam of Jehovah thingamebob)

Mind iits bee three years since we did that and I'ver read far too many religious texts to swear by ay one since then

um (cough) you may well be right about that Peachy BUT isn't the name Layla from the same root as Leah - which would support the Long "a" sound being there in the OT Hebrew.

Probably TC

Mind, my two lecturers couldnt even decide how to pronounce Jain (and I have 2 modules in Jainism LOL )- one said Jane te other Jine; I asked one day and got The Look!

Lee-ah

Being German (so my brain is used to pronouncing words phonetically), I would say:

Leah as Le (as in egg) - ah

and

Lia as Lee - ah