SS/PS question

[Carol]

Geoff:
>  
> > > Going back to 'Alice' and "Alicia', the point I am trying to 
make is that the 'Alic-'' stem is said the same way. 
>  
Carol:
> 
> > With the accent on the first syllable? I don't recall the name
sounding that way in the films. 
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> The accent is on the second syllable (uh-LIS-ia) :-). After I
listened to Jim Dale, I found online the Steven Fry version and
listened to it as well, and they both pronounce it the same way, so I
guess no Alishas in the UK :-)! I doubt it though that Alicia is
mentioned in the movies, I'll have to check.
>
Carol:
thanks, zanooda. I thought so. I mean, I didn't think Alicia could
possibly sound like Alice (AH Lis ee uh). I assume it's Uh LISS ee
uh--the first and last syllables are schwas and the "i" is pronounced
as in "machine," more or less a long "e" unless someone can come up
with a better rendering.

Carol, who still pronounces the name the American way as she reads