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How would you pronounce Xylia?

40 replies

Clickityclack · 25/06/2013 22:55

Just that really. I saw it written down today and I think it looks pretty but I have no idea how you'd pronounce it, any ideas?

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JeanPaget · 25/06/2013 22:56

Ex-eye-lee-a.

Not mad keen on it though tbh.

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DoctorAnge · 25/06/2013 22:57

As in Xylophone ?

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DramaAlpaca · 25/06/2013 22:58

Probably like Zillia - ZILL-ee-ah.

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Ragusa · 25/06/2013 22:58

Zy-lee-ah?

Sounds like Xylitol to me (ingredient in chewing gum). Xenia or xanthe I like more :)

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MultipleMama · 25/06/2013 22:59

Kinda like the sound you pronounce when saying Xavier.

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TigOldBitties · 25/06/2013 23:02

Either Zil-E-ah, I guess to rhyme with trivia

Or Zye-Lee-ah to rhyme with .... Livelier?

The second one would be my automatic, but the first is what I'd come up with if I gave it a second of thought.

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IThinkOfHappyWhenIThinkOfYou · 25/06/2013 23:03

Z eye leah

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rundontwalk · 25/06/2013 23:04

Zye-lee-ah. Think you'd get a lot of different pronunciations!

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Myliferocks · 25/06/2013 23:05

My DS2 has a Xylia in his year group.

She pronounces it Zye-lee-ah.

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RegularVoltaire · 25/06/2013 23:07

zye lee ah

zye like xylophone

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RandomMess · 25/06/2013 23:09

I'd say zye lee ah too

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BackforGood · 25/06/2013 23:10

Never heard of it, but if I saw it written, I'd say Zy-lee-ah but with a question mark in my voice Wink

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EndoplasmicReticulum · 25/06/2013 23:14

Zy - lee - ah

Like xylem which it reminds me of. I quite liked the idea of Xylem and Phloem for twins.

I suppose it's a good job I didn't have twins.

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valiumredhead · 25/06/2013 23:15

Zy lee ah

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AuntieStella · 25/06/2013 23:16

Zy-lee-ah

Love the idea of Xylem and Phloem Grin

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Mintyy · 25/06/2013 23:16

Zillia

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curlew · 25/06/2013 23:16

How can a name "look pretty"? Hmm

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RiaOverTheRainbow · 25/06/2013 23:18

Zy-lee-ah

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savoirfaire · 25/06/2013 23:21

Zee-le-a

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squoosh · 26/06/2013 00:10

Zillia. Looks and sounds like an anxiety medication.

What about Zinnia?

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elQuintoConyo · 26/06/2013 00:21

Chillier.
X always sounds like CH where I live.
It looks horrible, like a bacteria.

So, how should it be pronounced, OP?

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bugsybill · 26/06/2013 00:36

Zye (like eye)- lee- uh

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desertbaby · 26/06/2013 03:48

Zy lee ah

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KB02 · 26/06/2013 03:58

Reminds me of Xylaria, genus of fungus.

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