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Originally Posted by Chief Rum
You would think. But I think the natural inclination for most Americans would be to pronounce it "Duh-leash-yuh" instead of "Duh-lease-ee-uh". I did it twice myself last night while introducing her and then corrected myself.
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I agree. Americans, in general, tend to be bad with phonetic pronunciation, and the English language breaks phonetic rules often. Going the other way, though, once you hear the name pronounced, I think the first inclination would be to spell it like it sounds and you'd probably get it right. Not sure that is really on point though.