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Originally Posted by erick
The problem, of course, is Bill Haley and his Comets! (pronounced "HAIL-EE").
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I think you might be on the mark here Erick. Halley has a double L following the A so by the basic English I learned in primary school the A sound will be soft. In Haley there is only a single consonant (L) between the A and the E so the E hardens the A sound.
Of course there are always exceptions, especially in names, but if I was to attempt to say the name/word without prior knowledge of the pronunciation, that's the way I'd do it.
In my opinion there is only one correct way to pronounce Halley, and that's the way Sir Edmund did. If he pronounced it Hal-lee (which seems to be the officially recognised pronunciation as far as I can tell) then that's the way it should be.
Al.