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General Discussions => General discussions => ARGHHH! => Topic started by: Alyssa M. on January 01, 2010, 06:32:48 PM

Poll
Question: How do you think my name is pronounced?
Option 1: Ah-LEE-shah votes: 3
Option 2: Ah-LEE-sah votes: 7
Option 3: Ah-LISS-ah votes: 41
Option 4: Ah-LISH-ah votes: 4
Option 5: other votes: 0
Title: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Alyssa M. on January 01, 2010, 06:32:48 PM
I don't get it. My name is one of the most common and oldest names out there. It's not exactly as ordinary as Beth or Jane, but it's not exactly Nazhoni or Sibvon. I know there are a few common spellings, but I thought the pronunciation was crystal clear. I guess I was wrong. Everyone seems to want the Y to be a long "EE" sound rather than the short "I" which you'd expect (or at least, I would), given the "SS" that follows. And when is "SS" ever pronounced "SH"? I don't get it. If you haven't guessed by now, the third option is the correct one, but if you answer the poll, answer what you thought it was before that explanation.

Okay, just had to get that off my chest. It's just another little annoyance -- I finally get people to use the right name, and then they mispronounce it. SHEESH!




By the way, I'm pronouncing "sheesh" like the first syllable in "sister" and rhyming with the second syllable in my name, just to annoy all the people who mispronounce my name. :P
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Jay on January 01, 2010, 07:22:02 PM
QuoteAh-LEE-shah

Jay
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Christo on January 02, 2010, 12:54:32 AM
QuoteAh-LISS-ah

;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Cindy on January 02, 2010, 01:21:16 AM
Sorry Alyssa,
I got it wrong as well, I was going for LEE for the ly rather than LI.

Sorry
Cindy
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: tekla on January 02, 2010, 02:50:48 AM
Really, nothing is so simple that humans can't mess it up.  I always told my engineering students that they could never design anything to be foolproof because fools are so darn clever.
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: The None Blonde on January 02, 2010, 03:14:09 AM
Alyssa is my middle name... I pronounce it 'Ah-liss-ah'... the way that spelling is pronounced.

To me,

the others are

Alyssia
Alyshia/Alysha
Alesha etc

Its a greek name, greek pronunciation, no problem?
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Miniar on January 02, 2010, 09:26:52 AM
QuoteAh-LISS-ah

Non-Native English Speaker.
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Janet_Girl on January 02, 2010, 11:37:11 AM
Ah-LISH-ah

As in Malano
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Jamie-o on January 05, 2010, 07:11:22 AM
I feel your pain.  My last name is an actual English word, and still people can't pronounce it.  ::)
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Walter on January 10, 2010, 12:23:07 AM
Well..from playing Clock Tower 3, I say the name as like Al-ISS-ah

I didn't know there were other ways of saying it
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: The None Blonde on January 22, 2010, 08:15:04 AM
Quote from: Janet Lynn on January 02, 2010, 11:37:11 AM
Ah-LISH-ah

As in Malano

She pronounces it 'Ah Liss Ah' no middle h
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Lachlann on January 22, 2010, 08:17:32 AM
QuoteAh-LISS-ah

Is what I always thought when I saw your name.
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Dante on February 04, 2010, 11:41:48 PM
I knew somebody named Alyssa a few years ago, so I know how to pronounce it correctly. How could you mispronounce that...?  ???
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: Pica Pica on February 05, 2010, 12:48:32 AM
I have never heard of the name before. Still got the pronunciation right.
Title: Re: Is it really that complicated? It's one of the most common names, you know?
Post by: LordKAT on February 05, 2010, 03:12:42 AM
Daughters friend is named alyssa, we call her lys.
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