A while ago I was surfing the web and out of the blue, thought to search for the meaning behind my name. But I was dumbfounded when the other Alicia's who commented on the page said that they HATED it when their names were read the way I've always read my name.
Just in case you haven't already seen the profile on the right side and read the first paragraph up there, my name is Alicia.
I've always pronounced it "A-LEE-SHEE-AH", with the "SH" sound clearly emphasized. But according to said website and other Alicia's around the globe, it's pronounced "A-LEE-SEE-AH".
So does this mean that all my life, I've been pronouncing my own name wrongly?
I've never had a problem with the "SH" pronunciation. In fact, people rarely ever call me by my real name cause I go by a variety of nicknames. Even my own mom switches back and forth between the two pronunciations when she decides to call me by my name (which is a rare occasion). I've also had my fair share of spelling mishaps.
Although indeed, thinking about the phonics of where I live, it's easier for people to call me by the "A-LEE-SEE-AH" pronunciation. I wouldn't have doubts about it if my name was Alisia and not Alicia.
Now I am faced with the fact that this seemingly foreign pronunciation might be the correct way to read my name. The possibility that to the countless relatives and people that I've met, I may have, every single time, introduced myself incorrectly. Am I really someone who can't pronounce her name right? And it's not even that weird a name.
I don't know anything anymore. I won't blame you if you fail to see how dire of a situation this is, but I will definitely appreciate your opinion! How would you pronounce my name?
アリシア ← Even this is read A-REE-SHEE-AH
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I think it is "A-LEE-SHEE-AH". Although maybe I wouldn't emphasize on the last 'h' there. You have a beautiful name, and I bet your friends gave you hillarious nicknames, like the nicknames my friends gave me. I can write a long list of nicknames based on many things that my friends and I have had since our primary days. Ah, the good ol' times.
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DeleteI prefer the pronunciation of your suggestion too, maybe because that's how I've always heard most people pronounce my name. Also, thank you very much! Indeed they did! Although some were too random and bizarre, school wouldn't have been the same without them calling me all sorts of names.
Wow, that is indeed surprising. If it wasn't for you writing about this, I wouldn't have known the correct pronounciation of 'Alicia'. Ha! Well tbh, we don't really know which is the right pronounciation. But since you and your friends, family and relatives have been pronouncing it as 'A-Lee-Shee-A' then I suggest you to just stick with that. Hahahaha. Well it's obviously more comfortable to pronounce it that way. And yes, for me I guess the correct pronounciation is 'A-Lee-Shee-A' because it somehow sounds more appropriate lol
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