[Opinions] Re: Thea
in reply to a message by smalldog
AY is a long sound, and is the same way you pronounced the letter A when spelling something, E is a short sound, and is the way kids say it when they’re learning the phoneic alphabet. TE-a would probably turn into Taya here too, so that’s why I don’t like it here!
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This message was edited 4/25/2018, 2:27 AM
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It still sounds the same to me. I guess it’s just accent difference.
I mean, I did say they would end up sounding the same in my accent too, and that I only like it in a non-British European context. I also think Thea pronounced as Taya in English is kind of pretentious.
This message was edited 4/25/2018, 8:03 AM
TE-a sounds way different than TAY-a/ TAY-ə to me, but TE-a sounds strange in my accent.
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This message was edited 4/25/2018, 2:11 PM
I’m not doing a good job at explaining, but they do sound different to me, but I think if I said TE-a enough it would just become TAY-a because I’d get lazy, and also because of the accent I have.