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Subject: Re: How does one go about pronouncing "Elysia"?
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: October 21, 2006 at 3:48:15 PM
Reply to: How does one go about pronouncing "Elysia"? by wordybookworm
If it is pronounced according to its origin from the word Elysium, it would be "eh-LEE-zhuh" in English, with the same sound as the z in "azure". However, I suspect that in real life more Americans with this name pronounce it as "uh-LEE-shuh", as Agata's friend.

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