How do you say Melee?

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Meh - Lay
but I'm from the north of england so I say everything incorrectly.

 

[Haydyn]

If I'm not paying attention I'll say may-lay. If I am I will say me-lee. I like the way me-lee sounds. It doesn't really make sense to say may-lay. Just another one of those things that proves learning English must be a *****.

 

[Elvoret]

MAY-LAY!!!
Dun-dun-dun-dun daa-daa-daa-daa dun-dun-dun-dun...

 

[kickyourass]

I used to say it more like Me-lee, but even then it never really sounded right, so now I say it May-lay.

"Quart."

But I have a speech impediment.

That is one of the funniest posts I've ever seen on this site.
Here have a

Spoiler: cookie

 

[Uber Evil]

may-lay. I used to say me-lee but over time the more i hear it the more may-lay was said so I just assumed that may-lay was the correct answer.

Exactly what this good man has just said. Before, mee-lee, now may-lay.

 

[Onoto]

I never realized there was any alternative to pronouncing it "may-lay".

 

[Eerors]

Both ways are correct. U.S. English say May-Lay. U.K. English say Me-Lee.

See: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/melee

well atleast i feel a bit better about saying Me-Lee now

Be proud of you're individuality. Whilst those pesky US-speakers are mocking the way we say Yoghurt, Laboratory and Aeroplane, we can relax safe in the knowledge that we know the subtleties of the English language better then any!

Mee-Lee.

I always thought May-Lay sounds like a French Man-Whore.

This made me lol ^_^

 

[Naheal]

Both. Depends on what accent I'm mimicking.

 

[Easton Dark]

May-Lay

Mee-Lee sounds like a tiny meal.

 

[CrashBang]

Both ways are correct. U.S. English say May-Lay. U.K. English say Me-Lee.

See: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/melee

I'm British and I say may-lay
Also may-lay, I'm pretty sure, is correct, if we're talking about pronouncing it the way the French do, because it's spelled 'mélée' and the accents over the e makes an 'ay' sound

 

[kuyo]

M'lay

 

[DarkShadow144]

I say May-lay. My friend looks like hes gonna snap my neck every time I say it like that though, He's kind of a grammar Nazi and goes nuts when someone says something he thinks is wrong.

 

[FirstPersonWinner]

I used to say Me Lee also until someone told me the correct pronunciation.

ITS FRENCH: mêlée is the actual spelling. So the correct way to say it grammatically is may-lay

 

[NezumiiroKitsune]

Me Lee, like I hate grammar and never bothered to learn my name.

 

[Summerstorm]

Meh-lee

so not like this:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/melee

and more like this:
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%C3%AAl%C3%A9e

but since i am german i use hard "E"'s which, i am sure, will make any french person wanting to rip my tongue out *g*.

 

[Ailia]

May-lay, as per the original pronounciation. Me-lee makes my french blood boil with rage.

 

[Terminal Blue]

Probably closest to Meh-lay.

The acute 'e' sound doesn't exist in English. Technically it should be more like 'meh-leh' but that would sound silly, so saying meh-lay (without stressing the ay) is probably as close as you can get without adopting a French accent.

A hard 'ee' sound is just as incorrect. It's an acute vowel.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

mailay.

Sounds like fail.