Message: "Re: LEELA Vs LIE-la" - Behind the Name

Re: LEELA Vs LIE-la

by Raven Briar (Constant)

8/11/2020, 11:02 AM

in reply to a message by Perrine

German tends to have "ei" sound like "eye," which is reflected in names like Leigeber, so their pronunciation of Leila doesn't surprise me.

I thought Layla was pretty much universally pronounced like Lay-la, so an alternative Ly-la pronunciation surprises me.

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