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Am I the only one who had trouble pronouncing Liesel?
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May 16, 2013 04:17PM
I have no idea how to say that so I settled on Lee-Sell
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Okay thanks for your help! I like Lee-Zull better!
Tirzah wrote: "I had heard of the name from the movie "The Sound of Music," so I automatically said it more like Lee-zell. It kind of reminds me of the name Leslie...some say Les-lee and others Lez-lee. Not sure ..."I jumped to the Sound of Music character's pronunciation as well.
If I had never watched The Sound of Music then yes I would have because German is a little confusing to me so dont feel bad
Let google translate read it to you. That's how I usually learn how to pronounce english names
I also had trouble pronouncing her name. I just stuck with lee-sell
My name is Liesl. (pronounced the same but spelled differently. It's actually spelled the way they spelled it in the Sound of Music) and whenever people have trouble pronouncing it, I tell them that it sounds exactly like the petrol Diesel but starts with an L. Or if I married Vin Diesel...and so the joke goes.
However, the name is a diminutive of the Austrian/German Elisabeth. It's like "Lisa" but is a bit old-fashioned these days; akin to "Heidi" or "Gretl". Additionally, the proper pronunciation does not really stress the "-zull" sound in the second syllable so much as swallows it. The last sound is meant to be less stressed than the first and I notice that English-speakers tend to stress both equally or give the second too much emphasis. Either way, I've had to get used to very few people saying my name correctly and only learned to love it when I knew what it sounded like when said properly.
Anyway, just some fun factoids.
Happy reading! (Loved the book)
However, the name is a diminutive of the Austrian/German Elisabeth. It's like "Lisa" but is a bit old-fashioned these days; akin to "Heidi" or "Gretl". Additionally, the proper pronunciation does not really stress the "-zull" sound in the second syllable so much as swallows it. The last sound is meant to be less stressed than the first and I notice that English-speakers tend to stress both equally or give the second too much emphasis. Either way, I've had to get used to very few people saying my name correctly and only learned to love it when I knew what it sounded like when said properly.
Anyway, just some fun factoids.
Happy reading! (Loved the book)
i had a trouble too, but i found myself saying it like Diesel Liesel
I say it like Lee-zell
Thank you, Tirzah! I feel the same about your name, coincidentally.
I always said it like Lee-Sull, but it makes more sense for it to be Lee-Zull
It is like Diesel with L instead of D. I'm German, pretty sure that's right... :D
Heh thanks because I was stuck between Lee-zull and L-eye-zull 😬
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