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Help With Pronunciation!!
Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me out with the pronunciation of the following names? It would be very much appreciated. Amarante - is it just simply ah-MAR-ant? or AH-mar-ant? or ah-mar-ANT? or something different? Evadne - is it ee-VAD-knee (VAD rhyming with BAD) or ee-VOD-knee (VOD rhyming with FRAUD) or ee-VADE-knee (VADE rhyming with MADE). I always tend to say the second version although I have a hunch that it's really the first ...? Elijah - I say it ee-LIE-jhah (soft j), but BtN has it as ee-LIE-zha (as in Eliza?) and I've also heard it as ee-LIE-jah (with a hard j sound).Elisha - same as Elijah, I've heard multiple pronunciations. Does any one know if there is a more correct one? There is an Elisha and an Elijah in the bible, and at mass today even our priest was having trouble with it. Help, anyone?
And I think that's it for now.Thanks in advance,Mika
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Help With Pronunciation!!  ·  Mika  ·  6/27/2004, 6:45 PM
Re: Help With Pronunciation!!  ·  Evadne  ·  6/30/2004, 9:34 AM
Re: Help With Pronunciation!!  ·  Lauren B  ·  6/28/2004, 1:41 AM
Re: Help With Pronunciation!!  ·  Mika  ·  6/28/2004, 9:30 AM
Re: Help With Pronunciation!!  ·  Lauren  ·  6/28/2004, 9:49 AM
Oh and one more . . .  ·  Mika  ·  6/27/2004, 6:48 PM