A very stupid question

General Discussion
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This question isn’t about Overwatch as a game- it about Ashe’s name pronunciation. So if English is your first language maybe you can help me out.
So, when they released Ashe with the new short, I thought:
wow, what a cool new hero. ASHEE is such a cool name. I don’t know why I decided that the singe ‘e’ on the end of her name means that it’s pronounced like 'Ashee", but now I can’t speak it correctly because every time I see the ‘e’ I just say it like ‘ee’ (I mean like in the word 'eel").
Anyone wants to explain why her name isn’t just simply ‘Ash’? Is there a difference in pronunciation with that ‘e’ at the end? Please help me out, I’m too stupid for this game honestly

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The E is pronounced differently with a SH before the E.

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Ash is an object, to differentiate the person from the object an extra letter was added.

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The “E” is silent, to a degree. Instead of saying “Ash”, like in “Ash Ketchum”, her name is “Ashe”, so it’s more like “Asssshhhh”.

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Thank you for explainations, but in my mind it will stay as Ashee forever :confused:

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She and Ashe

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True. I shouldn’t try to explain english when it’s not my first language. Pardon.

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Because it’s based off of an actual existing name. There’s history behind how people pronounce it in the real world.

h ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashe

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Its kinda like Pneumonia, the “p” is silent, just like the “e” in Ashe. I was told that Ashe is the female version and Ash is the male version.

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In Ashe the e is silent. The e is there so it can be viewed as a name.