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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2014-01-01, DreadfulBitch > wrote:
> >>
> > Well, I *much* prefer my name Leslie to Lezlie. That's been one of my
> > pet peeves, my name is pronounced with an S not a Z. I don't mean to
> > sound picky, but when it comes to my name I am. (-:
>
> Who do you fraternize with, a buncha drooling idiots?
>
> No offense, but I've known at least 3 Leslie's in my life and I've
> never heard anyone pronounce their names with a Z sound. It doesn't
> sound right. Lez-lee? Sounds weird. Less-lee. Not even remotely
> difficult to do.

In the UK, I've invariably heard it pronounced Lezlee, never Lesslee

Janet UK