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[Opinions] Re: Felicia - how do you say it?
in reply to a message by Ora
I've run into this with the name Alisha, Elisha or Alicia a lot in my life, because I grew up with many of those. For Felicia, I would say fuh-LEE-sha, just like I would say ah-LEE-sha for Alicia/Alisha, but there were a good number of people who would correct me and say "it's LISH-a". I think it was maybe influenced by the large number of Trishas and Tricias that were around at the same time - they of course were always TRISH-uh, never TREE-sha or anything like that.

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That's a good point! It is very odd how we pronounce Patricia/Tricia differently from Felicia or Alicia.