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Mattea Pronounciation
Does anyone know the proper proounciation of Mattea (feminane form of Matthew). Is it Ma-tay-a or Ma-tee-a?
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Doesn't it depend on what language we use? You get little English girls called ANN-dree-a and little Italian boys called an-DRAY-a, so it wouldn't surprise me to find ma-TAY-a in European countries, if they use it, and MAT-ee-a or ma-TEE-a if she's English speaking.
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in germany it would be pronounced Matt-é-ahthe pronounciation center on the "e"
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Pretty close to what I expected! But, you say it "would" be pronounced in that way: is Mattea used as a name in German? I've never encountered it anywhere.
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well, I never really heard it here, but the masculine form "Matteo" is pretty often used here!
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muh-TAY-ah
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LOL! I say ma-tay-a so take your pick. ;)
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Ma-teh-a"teh" as in the "te" in Tessa.
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