<p>True NJ. I’m just going off what the people on the country station were calling her. Apparently it’s a mix of one of their mom’s maiden names and i think the other mom’s middle name.</p>
<p>I would have pronounced it more exotically, like EECE-a-LAY or IZE-a-LAY</p>
<p>Following this thread for fun, although I believe the very idea of royalty is ludicrous, William and Kate do seem to be trying to make themselves more normal in whatever areas of their lives that they can.</p>
<p>I wish that parents who pick creative names, especially the weird ethnic construction, better understood the burden such names might represent in the future. Ice lee sounds fun today, but a lot less when the Little Antebellum princess will be teased with IceTea and forced to spell her name over and over to strangers. </p>
<p>It is nothing else than an expression of misguided vanity.</p>
<p>By the way, I also think that the role of monarchies is widely under appreciated. In a world of political dissensions, the monarchy is often the sole unifier of the citizens. Take a look at Belgium as it just celebrated its new King last Sunday. Without a King, Belgium would have been a different political fragmented republic.</p>
<p>I am interested in the Royal Family because I grew up on fairy tales (not just Disney ones). I find the pomp and circumstance lovely, and the traditions (or at least some of them) enchanting.</p>
<p>And I don’t think George Washington would be “appalled” at all. I think he’d be thrilled that the monarchy has lost all power and become a figurehead, with the real power being wielded by an elected government.</p>
<p>In fact, I think there’s something to be said for a government in which the Prime Minister attends to the governing and have the Royal Family attend to ceremony. The President spends a lot of time only in ceremonial duties.</p>
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<p>I saw it and immediately thought “why would they give their kid a Yiddish-sounding name?” Because I read it as being pronounced “Eiz-e-le,” as in “Moischele” – an affectionate diminutive nickname.</p>
<p>I’ve always loved 16th century England. This is the closest I can get. :p</p>
<p>i agree with the author of this piece:</p>
<p>[The</a> babies we don’t care about today](<a href=“http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2013/07/babies-we-dont-care-about-today]The”>Laurie Penny on the babies we don't care about today)</p>
<p>I think we Americans underestimate the real benefit of England’s current monarchy. As head of state, the monarch has become a constructive focus of patriotism, similar to but in some ways more effective than our flag. You can revere the queen and dislike the current PM without being accused of treason. It’s a unifying institution without favoring one side or the other.</p>