SS/PS question

[Carol]

-zanooda: 
> 
> > BTW, I have a question for Geoff: do you by any chance know what
is  the most likely pronunciation of the name Alicia in the UK? 
> > Is it A-lee-sha, like in the US, or is it A-lee-see-ya? Or both
are possible?
> 
> Geoff:
> The usual pronunciation I have heard is 'Alice' - as in Alice in
Wonderland - followed by 'i-a' with a short i. In other words, all the
vowels are short.
> 
> Hope that makes sense!
>
Carol:

But isn't the accent on the second syllable in Alicia, as you
pronounce it (Ah LISS ih a), rather than the first syllable, as in
Alice (AH liss), with "ah" indicating a short "a" as in "cat" and "ih"
a short "i" as in "pit"?

I can't quite "get" the short "i" in "i-a," though, because, to me, it
sounds like long "e" (ee) even in the British pronunciation (Ah LISS
ee uh, with the "uh" representing a schwa).

Carol, who would pronounce the name the American way, Ah LEE shuh