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[theaprildawn.livejournal.com]

Question... Saw an aquaintance post online that they named their baby girl Adelai. How do you pronounce this?

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[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

In Italy it would Ah-day-LAH-ee. It looks like it's missing -de, though (Adelaide).
Or *shudders*, someone wanted to be creative with the name Adele, which in italian would be pronounced Ah-DEH-leh.

[ex-thegreyl.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it (I'm Minnesotan) Add-eh-lay.

[bookity.livejournal.com]

This is my first thought too. (I'm from Michigan)

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Ditto, even the Minnesotan part.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Ditto :)

[renishas.livejournal.com]

Ah-De-Lay is how I would pronounce it but I agree with retrodancekitty that it should have a -de on the end. I think Adelaide is prettier.

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

That's my friend's daughter's name and they say it like "ade-uh-lay"

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Like Adelaide without the 'd' sound at the end: Aah-duh-lay.

[coendou.livejournal.com]

Add-eh-lie, since Adlai is pronounced add-lie.

[iamsurrealism.livejournal.com]

add uh lie

[mommyaubrey.livejournal.com]

this

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I thought it was a corruption of Adlai, which is a male name said ad-lie so I would have said ad-uh-lie, but a quick search of Adelai reveals people saying it ad-uh-lay.