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I really love how it looks, but am unsure about the correct pronunciation. LIL-ee-is? LIL-ee-ahz? Something else?
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So you're brilliant, gorgeous, and ampersand after ampersand...
TIA
So you're brilliant, gorgeous, and ampersand after ampersand...
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It's been asked several times.
It's been asked several times.
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I did and nothing helpful came up.
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Really?
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3155926&board=gen
Firstly Lilias is a Scots, not a Gaelic name so none of the spellings are more 'Gaelic' than the other. As an old name it arose at a time when spellings were fluid and I have an ancestor who goes through pretty much all of the variants during her lifetime. I wouldn't therefore say any of those spellings are more legitimate than the others, although in my experience the commonest form is Lilias. I definitely haven't seen Lileas as much. As to pronunciation I have only ever heard LIH-lee-us, and my ancestor also appears as Lily which would back this up.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3155926&board=gen
Firstly Lilias is a Scots, not a Gaelic name so none of the spellings are more 'Gaelic' than the other. As an old name it arose at a time when spellings were fluid and I have an ancestor who goes through pretty much all of the variants during her lifetime. I wouldn't therefore say any of those spellings are more legitimate than the others, although in my experience the commonest form is Lilias. I definitely haven't seen Lileas as much. As to pronunciation I have only ever heard LIH-lee-us, and my ancestor also appears as Lily which would back this up.
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I say it so that the ending sounds like that in Julius. LIL-ee-as (short 'a' sound).
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