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ethelmay ([personal profile] ethelmay) wrote in [personal profile] regshoe 2023-08-15 10:45 pm (UTC)

Given the S at the beginning of Stevenson, I don't think I'd necessarily notice if someone said it the other way, unless they put in a dramatic pause or two. And I'm actually not sure whether USians typically say "Louis" with an S at the end or not, because (a) the name is out of fashion, (b) all the older men I know with that name are called Lou, and (c) if they weren't called Lou they'd be called Louie, if you see what I mean! (E.g., my father-in-law's boyhood friend Louie.) I do recall being surprised to find out that my internet acquaintance Dr. Margot Louis pronounced her last name Lewis.

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