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Re: Seems to be a pretty name to me! How is it pronounced? (nt)
I've read all the messages on Lael by x, and come to the conclusion that it's properly pronounced: LAY-ale, with both the a and the e sounding like ay as in hay. If the -el means God, it is Ale, not Ell. But if you try to pronounce it that way, it will sound like mail, because the l colors the ay sound. ("Colors" is a term for what r does to a vowel I found in my dictionary.)Y :)
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the meaning of the name is 'of God" if that helps any. at least that is what i've found
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That makes me think it's [L'ale], [L'-] being like the prefix [Ha-], meaning [the]. Y :)
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