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Just wanted to let the powers that be know that the pronunciation of the name Talitha is incorrect. The emphasis is on the second syllable not the first. It sounds like ta-LEE-tha. Trust me, I'm a bit of an expert on this particular name.
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Are you Aramaic?
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Didn't mean to offend Pavlos. Well put Anneza.
whoa...didn't mean to offend, apologizes to Pavlos. Since people have been calling me Talitha (emphasis on the middle syllable) for most of my life I figured I had something to say on the subject. Anneza has it right though…I can’t speak to the pronunciation as it is spoken as a language element, especially since there are only a few hundred people who still speak it. I can only say that in English, French – and Maltese now that I think of it – I have only ever encountered the name with the middle syllable emphasized. I think it's a nicer name pronounced this way, so I retract my highly offensive "expert" statement, and merely offer ta-Lee-tha as an alternative and possibly preferable option.
whoa...didn't mean to offend, apologizes to Pavlos. Since people have been calling me Talitha (emphasis on the middle syllable) for most of my life I figured I had something to say on the subject. Anneza has it right though…I can’t speak to the pronunciation as it is spoken as a language element, especially since there are only a few hundred people who still speak it. I can only say that in English, French – and Maltese now that I think of it – I have only ever encountered the name with the middle syllable emphasized. I think it's a nicer name pronounced this way, so I retract my highly offensive "expert" statement, and merely offer ta-Lee-tha as an alternative and possibly preferable option.
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Not offended, just horsing around ;)
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When I speak English, I say TAL i tha, like Tabitha with an L. But in Afrikaans (where it is quite popular) we say ta LEE ta; no -th- sound. Different modern languages use different pronunciations, depending on their different systems.
What it sounded like in ancient Aramaic is another matter ... but since the -th- sound is rare, I rather wonder if a -t- in the last syllable might not be more likely.
What it sounded like in ancient Aramaic is another matter ... but since the -th- sound is rare, I rather wonder if a -t- in the last syllable might not be more likely.
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