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I love Thalia and pronounce it that way: [ta-LEE-a]

I like the look of it and the muse connection. But I think Talia sounds better.

hmm

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I've always pronounced it TALL-ee-uh and thought it was pretty. I listened to this horrible book on tape in which the perfect protagonist's quirky sister was named THAYLE-ya. I was like: WTF? NO ONE SAYS IT THAT WAY. get out of here, thayle-ya gray!

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I guess they do! Anyway it's not so bad of a pronunciation, now that I've heard it a billion times. I think I still prefer Tall-ee-uh/tall-ya, but I can get behind Thalia Gray's way

Thalia is one of my favorite names. I've always pronounced it THAL-ee-ah. Pronouncing "th" as "t" is confusing to me as an American English speaker (I'd spell that as Talia). I do also like THAY-lee-ah and thah-LYE-ah. If I were to use the name, I'd use the first pronunciation, though.

I like it, and think it looks visually stunning, but the pronunciation is where I get tripped up. I say "THAL-ee-uh," but I have seen so many different variations on how to say it that I have no idea what is correct. Ultimately, that would prevent me from using it.

I say THAY-lee-a, but I know that's wrong. :P I think it's an absolutely stunning name. I've loved it for years. I read this book about three of the Greek muses in present-day Georgia. It's called "Heaven Sent." That's where I first heard the name and I loved it since then. It's unusual, but still workable.

I like it! Mostly because of the muse.
I've heard people say both THAH-lee-a and TAH-lee-a. The first was people talking about the muse, and the second was people talking about a real person. Also I think the TAH-lee-a was with a British accent.

This message was edited 11/20/2011, 3:34 PM

Thalia ("THAY-lee-uh") was a character on a 1950's sit-com that played as re-runs when I was a kid. That's the only way I've ever heard it. I love it, although I realize the Greeks probably have a prettier way of pronouncing it.