Guest  +  60704 Fri, 10 Dec 04 08:55 PM How to correctly pronounce the name "Liane"? Is it pronounced like "LeeAnn" ? Thank you. Guest

	Teacher Eric  +  60747 Sat, 11 Dec 04 04:21 AM My money would be on /lee-yan/ but /lee-ann/ would also be a good bet. Teacher Eric Joined on Mon, Aug 16 2004 Full Member 171 Manila-based ESL/ESP teacher with a TESOL. Hoping to get a "Pass" in the DELTA.

	venusinfurs  +  65623 Thu, 06 Jan 05 03:55 AM According to Longman's Pronunciation Dictionary by J. C. Wells, the name Lianne (with two 'n') is pronounced something like /li'aen/ (the /i/ sound is a short /i/ so it is not 'Lee', and what I wrote as /ae/ would be the vowel sound for 'a' in 'cat'. There is a word which is written as the name you mentioned but it is not considered a name in the dictionary (it doesn't start with a capital letter). It is pronounced with the same /i/ but with the British vowel sound for 'ar' (Eg 'car' in BrEng). Considering this dictionary is based on British pronunciation I'd say that both words, and consequently the name, should be pronounced with /ae/ in AmEng. venusinfurs Joined on Thu, Dec 23 2004 Chile New Member 10 Vowels, Pronunciation, Capital Letters