Help settle a spelling debate, please...

qtsreign

What think ye?
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targetlady

i've said it both ways

strangebird

I voted Mee-la.

However, if you're following rules of English phonetics, 'Milla' (one of the spellings your proposed) cannot be pronounced mee-lah. It would be mihl-ah/mill-ah, as in the word 'mill.' So, whatever you do, do not go wit that spelling. It might be a correct spelling in other countries, but with English as our national language, it wouldn't be correct or logical here.

narabug

Without having heard it pronounced, I thought it was My-la. But if you spelled it Mela I would think it was Mel-a. I guess I'm not much help.

sparkymcgeee

I always think of Mila Kunis or Mila Jovovich. Both pronounce it Mee-la.

Becky262

meimsx:

I always think of Mila Kunis or Mila Jovovich. Both pronounce it Mee-la.

This.  And I'm pretty sure he knows who both of those lovely women are   

LadyXaverian

Mila = Meelah

Milla= Mill-ah

Mela = Mel-ah

At least, that's how I see them. Also, I know a Mila who pronounces it Meelah, so I guess I don't even think about the phonetics of it. 

prncsstp

I voted Mye-la. I didnt even think of mila kunis or jovovich... but was thinking of a feminine version of Milo, which I pronoiunce Mye-lo.

I think its fine to call her mee-la and use the Mila spelling, but be prepared for some people to mispronounce her name growing up

skittleblu

Some may pronounce it mill-ah

LMS05

To be honest, I am not familiar with this name so I would have guessed my-luh.

qtsreign

Thanks, ya'll!

DH can be crazy, and hopefully the overwhelming majority will help him see the error of his ways.

FWIW, Milla Jovovich spells her name with two l's, but pronounces it Mee-la. She's wrong, too. 

UrbanHippieMama

Mee-la.