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Biscuitbreaker · 17/03/2010 21:18

How do you pronounce Eleni?

eh-LEN-ny?
ellen-KNEE?
EL-len-ny?

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TaurielTest · 17/03/2010 21:23

el-AY-nee.
Unless I knew the child in question was, say, Polish or Hungarian (stress falls on first syllable), in which case, EL-en-ee.

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TaurielTest · 17/03/2010 21:25

Gah. Polish or. Stress falls on the penult in Polish, not the first.
What I said about Hungarian though!
Ignore me, it's clearly time for bed.

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lifeas3plus1 · 17/03/2010 21:30

I would pronounce it el-EN-ee.

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paisleyleaf · 17/03/2010 21:32

el-ay-nee

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HelenDoula · 17/03/2010 21:41

I have a friend called Eleni - pronounced Eh-lenny, we call her Leni (like Lenny Henry), her family are greek-cypriot

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