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Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?
I know that Americans pronounce Tatiana as ta-tee-AH-na. However, I met a woman the other day with a Russian accent who had a little girl name Tatiana and she was calling her ta-SHAH-na. Is that correct or did she just change the pronunciation?It makes sense that Tatiana would be ta-SHAH-na anyway. It just follows the rules of correct grammar for the sound of 'tia' when set in the middle of a word. We don't say POR-tee-ah for Portia, rather POR-shah. The same goes for the word Martian. We don't sat MAR-tee-an. So I don't see why Tatiana should be different. Please help be understand the ta-tee-AH-na pronunciation and why it makes more sense grammatically than ta-SHAH-na!Thanks!MJ
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Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?  ·  MJ  ·  4/17/2004, 7:21 AM
Re: Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?  ·  Tatiana  ·  1/27/2021, 10:55 AM
Re: Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?  ·  Tatiana  ·  7/3/2018, 4:17 PM
Re: Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?  ·  Nice  ·  2/22/2018, 6:04 PM
Just to add a comment to what's been said  ·  CerriC  ·  4/20/2004, 12:20 PM
Re: Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?  ·  Mada Weird  ·  4/17/2004, 10:41 PM
Re: Russian pronunciation of Tatiana?  ·  Ivayla  ·  4/17/2004, 1:16 PM
Re: Also...  ·  MJ  ·  4/17/2004, 11:29 AM
Re: Also...  ·  Rygor  ·  4/17/2004, 12:42 PM