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Pronunciation

In English, my name is pronounced /ˈiːsə/ (EE-suh); at least, this is how everyone pronounces my name now in the US, so I’ve gotten used to it. However, I should note that Robert Hass seems to pronounce it quite differently on here:

Poetry Everywhere: Robert Hass Translation of Selected Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

In Japanese, my name is pronounced /isːa/ (いっさ); one can also hear it here (about three to four seconds in, although he says it about four times throughout the video):

小林一茶ここにあり!?

For those interested in pronouncing my name the Japanese way, Gemination:Japanese and Sokuon may also be useful.

Origin

The name is taken from Kobayashi Issa (and, incidentally, has just about nothing to do with the Arabic name for Jesus in Islam).

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