How do you say Melee?

[RedMagic]

I say melee as "meh-lay".

 

[OldGus]

I've heard it said two ways but I wanted to know what was more common. Personally I say it like Me Lee, like its spelt but what about you
guys?

As a noun or adjective? Cause the stress is different for each.

 

[Area57]

There are two correct ways to pronounce it. It depends on whether you follow the British English or American English pronunciation.
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/tomato
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/melee

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

anc[is]In my head I say "may lay", but when I speak out loud I try not to say it in case I'm wrong

If you are in America you don't have to worry about being wrong. That is how you say it.

 

[warprincenataku]

I've heard two main ways of saying it, May-Lay and Mee-Lay. I tend to use the first one.

 

[Lunar Templar]

may-lay

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

May-Lay. That's the only way it sounds right.

 

[FightThePower]

May-lay, because that's how the Announcer for SSBM says it.

 

[ninjapenguin981]

Meh-Lay. That's how it's supposed to be pronounced. If you pronounce it another way you're either stupid or American.

 

[alittlepepper]

Seems a dominant form of pronunciation is "may-lay", which is how I say it. Though I have heard it from people as "me-lee", which annoys me.

Edit: I suppose I say it as a sort of softer version of "May", which...I wouldn't describe as "meh" but not as pronounced as "may". Less emphasis, perhaps.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I say it correctly because I have respect for my language.

Meh-Lay. That's how it's supposed to be pronounced. If you pronounce it another way you're either stupid or American.

No.

mê·lée is the correct way to to pronounce it. I'm willing to accept yours but only because of an accent.

Me Lee. And I get annoyed when people correct me. "Fuck you, *****, you didn't invent the word" is what I feel like saying every time someone does that.

But the people who did say it that way. Food for thought.

 

[Giest4life]

Me Lee. And I get annoyed when people correct me. "Fuck you, *****, you didn't invent the word" is what I feel like saying every time someone does that.

 

[The Rookie Gamer]

May-lay is how I say it.

Same. I always found it weird to say it the other way.

 

[Merkavar]

i say me lee but im pretty sure its may lay. but people know what im saying when i say me lee

 

[Plurralbles]

maylay

Is it really that hard to pick up a fucking dictionary and find out if you'rebutchering your own language or not?

It'salmostashardashittingthespacebarbetweeneveryword.

But I jest.

lol, sorry about that!

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Mel-lay.

Erm I should probably write some more stuff to avoid a low content post...

This is exactly how I pronounce it (I quoted you to avoid a low content post. Muhahahaha)

 

[Dfskelleton]

May-Lay is how I say it.

 

[bob1052]

I recognize May-Lay as correct and call it but I still call it May-Lee half the time.

 

[MisterM2402]

SUPER SMASH BRRROTHERS MELEEEEEEE!

It's a French word, so it IS may-lay. The British pronunciation is NOT mee-lee - never heard *anybody* say that ever.

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

Do you also say Pari for Paris and Koln for Cologne? We won the battle Waterloo I will pronounce it the English way. Now pass me my cigarette case, its the one with two crossed dead Frenchmen with the background of dead Frenchmen on the lid.

It's OK to pronounce things as the native speakers do - you wouldn't ignore the umlaut over the 'i' in 'naive' and pronounce it like 'knave' or 'knive', would you? And yes, that's supposed to be the wrong spelling of 'knife'. You wouldn't pronounce 'Camembert' with a hard 'T' at the end, would you? It just depends on what's accepted as the correct pronunciation and in this case it's 'may-lay'.

P.S. 'Foie gras', 'mardi gras', 'Grand Prix', 'nouvelle cuisine', 'Cote d'Ivoire', 'gourmand', 'gourmet', 'l'Arc de Triomphe', 'le Tricolore', 'Nice (the place)', 'champagne', 'Roquefort', 'a la carte', 'carte blanche', 'm'aider! (written as 'may-day'), 'au contraire', 'femme fatale', 'genre', 'bon voyage'....
I'll stop now....

 

[dslatch]

May-lay, mainly cuz it pisses off this guy I know.