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Help[Opinions] How do you pronounce Thalia?
I just am wondering how everyone on here pronounces it, since it is one of my favorites and I realize that everyone says it differently.
Thanks!
HTB
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Thanks!
HTB
"And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams, Is there anyone out there? 'cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe" - Maroon 5
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I say THA-lee-uh, but I know people who say TA-lee-uh.
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I've always said it that way as well!
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I pronounce it Tah-lee-uh. What are the other pronunciations you've heard?
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ta-LEE-ə
I'm Australian, just as a reference =)
I'm Australian, just as a reference =)
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"tah lee uh"
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Tall-yuh
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TAH-lee-uh
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Tah-lee-ah
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This is how I pronounce it too - similar to Talya.
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The original version would be tha LYE uh - Greek 'th' is as in 'thing'. Wikipedia agrees, see their IPA for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalia
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I say TALL-ee-uh.
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We had a little girl called Thalia at the school I was last at.
I'm not sure how it was supposed to be pronounced because I heard everybody say it differently. Personally I alternated between TAH-lee-ah and TAR-lee-ah - I prefer the second I think it was the one most sued.
I'm not sure how it was supposed to be pronounced because I heard everybody say it differently. Personally I alternated between TAH-lee-ah and TAR-lee-ah - I prefer the second I think it was the one most sued.
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Thaw-lee-ah
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I stare at Thalia in utter confusion every time I see it. My thought process follows a line something like this: Talia (TA-lee-ah) is so pretty, why'd they have go and complicate things....is it ta-LEE-ah, no I think that's spelled Taliah...but wait, maybe Thalia is related to the French spelling Nathalie...so then I don't pronounce the h right....so is it still TA-lee-ah....but then why the h...it must be THA-lee-ah, but I've never heard of anyone named that....is that even a legit pronunciation...I should look this up once...
Yup utter confusion.
Yup utter confusion.
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I would like to say it's pronounced as if it rhymes with Dahlia, but that's incorrect, I know. That's just what I'd prefer.
I'm fairly positive in the Greek language, it would be tah-LYE-ah. I did a bit of research on that one a while back.
I still love tah-LYE-ah, but I'd quite like it to be THAL-lee-ah. *shrug*
I'm fairly positive in the Greek language, it would be tah-LYE-ah. I did a bit of research on that one a while back.
I still love tah-LYE-ah, but I'd quite like it to be THAL-lee-ah. *shrug*
This message was edited 2/24/2014, 1:40 PM
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I say it TAHL-ya.
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THAH-lee-ah. I love it, too :)
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Thanks for all your responses!!!
I see that this name is definitely going to have some pronunciations issues! I grew up with a name with pronunciations, so I try to avoid them, but I just love Thalia, so it stays.
I pronounce it something like Tha-lee-uh or Thal-lee-uh, with a short a as in apple, since I'm really bad at showing my phonetics.
I guess I'll just have to get used to hearing it all different ways!
Thanks again
HTB
I see that this name is definitely going to have some pronunciations issues! I grew up with a name with pronunciations, so I try to avoid them, but I just love Thalia, so it stays.
I pronounce it something like Tha-lee-uh or Thal-lee-uh, with a short a as in apple, since I'm really bad at showing my phonetics.
I guess I'll just have to get used to hearing it all different ways!
Thanks again
HTB
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