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I've heard it pronounced both ways. However the problem as I see it is...... someone asks your name and you tell them. They then either still pronounce it incorrectly which is annoying or in my case call me something entirely different. My name is Aileen. Easy to pronounce. It begins with an A. So I get Eileen, Hayley, Hayleen, Elaine, Alien, Ealing, Ails and A. Anyone else get that problem?

Yes CB, your right...

The was we say words including names depends very much on where we are from and how we have heard then said before. I met a lovely irish lady a few years back who has always been called Eileen by her family but she was name Ellen, I spent weeks working out how you go from Ellen to Eileen and finaly figured it out as a siple mutation of how Ellen would have been said.

Lucia This thread is so funny as I've seen your name on the boards lots and just yesterday I was wondering how your name is pronounced! I think it's a beautiful name, by the way :) and I think your pronunciation is much prettier than looseeya. joanne

My mother in law was an infant head. A mother with a new child was asked his name, she said Gooey. When asked how it was spelt, she said G - U - Y. I know 3 ladies called Irene. They all pronounce it differently. Ireen Ireenee and Irainer. David

We nearly got it right when we named our daughter Lucy. She named her daughter Louise. len

It seems that any name that is not English in oragin is harder to say than any others. And even English name are mis-pronounced in England. I've just remembered that my grandfather gor my aunt and uncle chage the spelling of there son's name because of how the name was said. The kid ended up as Sean instead of Shaun because my grandfather said it should be said as Sh-oo-n (the oo is as in Look, book, cook, took). I even have an aunt who named her daughter Ellen with an ach - she meant Helen we tend to call her Elle or Hell.

Well, apart from the fact that people will insist on calling me Maureen or Margaret (my name is Marjorie), one daughter is called Lisa - with an 'S', please. To the end of her life, my Mum called her Leezzerr, drove me mad., is it so dufficult and unusual to say Leesssa? Another daughter is called Naomi - good old fashioned biblical name. We pronounce it Nayo - me - no one else does though - most people say Nye-oh mee, or even Noe-amy, thats the ones who dont think she is called Mary or Amy! Third daughter is called Zoe - it used to have the umlaut, but we got sick of people putting it in the wrong place - lots tried to put it over the Z!!!! As for goo-ey, just wonder if she had heard the French pronunciation of this name, which is of course, Gwee or Gee, depending on what part of France. Olde Crone

Well Lucia I would pronounce your name Loo-chee-a because I know about these things. But I do have a friend whose surname is Lucia, pronounced Loo-shah. My grandmother had a step mother called Marian whose name was always said Mary-un. I know Lisas who are Leeza and Lisas who are Leesssa. I myself am Helen, but my friend Lilias always says Helin. I like this, but it annoys me when people who aren't my friends call me Helin! nell

always assumed it was pronounced as 'CHI', have trouble with some pronouncing my maiden name wrong. Never figured out how someone can mispronounce 'Myles'. teehee. Could be worse my sisters married name is TIMOFEJEW. mispronounced all the time. LOL

Deb, would TIMOFEJEW be said as Timothy-yew? or how is it pronounced?

Lunar No it's actually pronounced TIM O FAY O. her hubby is Russian, but born in Germany.

Hi Lucia, (oh - I pronounce it Loo-chia), I do sympathise with you, 'cos all my 49 years a lot of people have called me Gladys, Glynis, Gleyns, Gleddis (no, they didn't have a cold!lol) but I'm used to it. Wish my name was as beautifully-sounding as yours, lol. x