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Re: Boy Name Pronunciation

by Chrisell

9/22/2005, 6:22 AM

in reply to a message by Kendra

It's WHY-lee, as far as I know.

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

9/22/2005, 8:56 AM

This is one of those places where different accents lead to great difficulty in representing pronunciation. Personally I would never say that Wiley is pronounced "WHY-lee", because I pronounce "why" and "y" differently.

I think everyone might be able to agree, however, that Wiley and Wylie normally rhyme with Kylie and Riley.

- Chrisell

9/22/2005, 9:24 AM

I did wonder whether that would cause problems. Yes, I agree about Kylie and Riley.

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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