Comment on Okay, but Mötley is a pretty awesome name.

• root_beer@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not necessarily. Think Leigh and its relatives (e.g., Ashleigh, Kayleigh, Charleigh*)

  *made that one up but still,

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  • wellee@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Um, I had someone in my class named Kayleigh, and it was indeed pronounced Kay-lay. I pronounce all these like “lay”, I don’t understand the example.

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    • root_beer@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hm. In my experience, -eigh has always been pronounced -ee. In most cases, Leigh is a homophone of Lee, as it comes from an English word meaning “meadow”, and you’ll find many pronunciation guides that confirm this. Not that I find it all that intuitive, I would have assumed it to be pronounced -lay myself, like sleigh or eight. English is dumb like that, and if you or anyone else wants to pronounce it -lay, nothing should stop you.

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