View Message

Inez
Inez was a popular name for American girls early in the 20th century, but I know people back then didn't use the Spanish pronunciation and instead were pronouncing it eye-nez. Can anyone tell me which syllable the accent fell on? Was it EYE-nez or eye-NEZ?
vote up1vote down

Messages

Inez  ·  lac  ·  11/18/2010, 2:00 PM
In Spanish it's spelt Inés and pronounced [ee-NEHZ] (m)  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  11/18/2010, 3:40 PM