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<div dir="ltr">I don't see how anyone could 'know' the answer to this. I always pronounce the name eye-ssa in my head, but it might be izza... I'm not aware that anyone with authority (VW, LW, John Lehmann) ever said anything about it!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 12:58 PM Edward Mendelson via Vwoolf <<a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Another reason why I ought to have joined this list years before I did, <br>
instead of peering furtively at the archives. Thank you. ("Ish-bel"? <br>
That is a think new to me.) I have two editions of the BBC Dictionary of <br>
Pronouncing Names, but neither includes what in America are called given <br>
names, so this is very useful indeed.<br>
<br>
On 12/1/2024 9:35 AM, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:<br>
> This has come up before on this list. Isabella is a family name on my <br>
> mother's side. Auntie Isa was always called Eye-za (accent on 1st <br>
> syllable). I have never had any doubts, but this may be misleading as <br>
> this is the Scottish side of the family. Granny was Isabella = <br>
> Iz-a-bella (again, accent on the 1st syllable, as it nearly always is <br>
> in English names - an exception is Yvonne - Bernard is not an <br>
> exception). Cousin Isobel = Iz-o-bel. Second cousin Ish-bel (God <br>
> help us!), the Anglicised version of the Gaelic Iseabail (don't know <br>
> how to pronounce that!).<br>
><br>
> Stuart<br>
><br>
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