Message: "Maelys" - Behind the Name

Maelys

by jeziana

11/24/2007, 8:38 AM

How would you pronounce the French name Maelys? Under the comment section there are two ways mentioned, is that something to do with the different accents in France or something?

Thanks in advance.

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- Caitlín Malia (cait) +4

11/24/2007, 9:32 AM

I think it has more to do with different people having different ways of transliterating than anyone else. I would write it mah-eh-LEES, kind of like the name Elise with "mah" tacked on to the front.

- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire) +3

11/24/2007, 12:49 PM

Elise would be eh-leez :)
You got Maelys right, although there is no huge accent in the end. It's a bit of a stereotype!

- Caitlín Malia (cait) +2

11/24/2007, 4:36 PM

Aha, this is where some of the confusion of accents comes in...in English (at least in my dialect) Elise is eh-LEES, not eh-LEEZ. And the capitals aren't to indicate a big accent, simply which syllable is stressed (even if it's a mild stress).

- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire) +1

11/25/2007, 9:56 AM

I would say the stress depends on the context more than anything... "EH-leez, shut up!", but "eh-lEEZ??? where are you???". lol

- Noa

11/25/2007, 10:13 AM

Elise with a stress on the El is like saying the name Ellie with an S - the difference between "Ellie's a nickname for Eleanor" and "Elise went to get some milk." They're the same sounds - eh-leez. There's a pretty big difference, but I don't think a French accent allows for it much. Maybe that's the problem.

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