SS/PS question

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

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

Geoff:
That is the whole point; we are approaching this from different ends. I 
speak UK, you speak US.

I wouldn't even think of pronouncing Alicia "Aleesia". I've just never heard 
it said that way over here.

It just another in a long list of words which are pronounced differently 
depending on which side of the pond you grew up.