Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-30530552-20170401005801/@comment-26397825-20170420143159

Yes..but the conversation is not about Li s a. It's about the fish, Li z a, which you said would be pronounced the same as Lisa. Which as a person who speaks English as their first language, the first pronunciation to pop into my head is Laizah, just like Liza Minnelli. And Maki ppointed out that all the Liza's he has met were pronounced Laizah, despite 333 years of Spanish culture seeping into the Phillipines through occupation.

Lisa Lavender is not named for the fish. If she was, Miles and Kerry would have named her Liza Lavender, and it would be pronounced the same as Liza Minnelli's name. Because that is how English speakers read and pronounce Liza, no matter how the Spanish websties say it would be pronounced.