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Hello,
I hope you can help me a bit, I need your opinion on a name. Also I need some advice from those of you who have some knowledge of the Greek language.
First of all: What do you think of Astraea?
I fell in love with it because of its meaning and sound. I also love Adastreia and thought Astraea could be a less complicated alternative.
I pronounce it ahs-TRAY-ah, but apparently ahs-TREE-ah and ahs-TRY-ah are correct as well as the ae can be pronounced several ways.
The thing is: I asked some people in my country how they would pronounce it, and they ALL said ahs-trah-AY-ah which is incorrect (the ae is definitely one syllable, not two), so I thought of something.
I thought of changing the spelling to Astreia (inspired by Adastreia). This would be easier to pronounce and the pronunciation would be clearer.
I thought it would be alright to change the spelling in this case, because:
a) the Greeks have a different alphabet anyway and names get translated by sound. So while Astraea is the translation that has been used the longest, Astreia could work as well.
b) it seems to be the legit Spanish spelling as well, at least according to wikipedia Astraea (the name of the goddess) is spelled Astreia in Spanish which supports the theory that Greek names get translated by sound and that there are different ways to spell a Greek name with our alphabet.
Any opinions?
Would you use Astreia if it solves the pronunciation issue or just use Astraea because it has been used the longest and just explain to everyone how to pronounce it? Does Astreia look weird or misspelled to you?
I hope you can help me a bit, I need your opinion on a name. Also I need some advice from those of you who have some knowledge of the Greek language.
First of all: What do you think of Astraea?
I fell in love with it because of its meaning and sound. I also love Adastreia and thought Astraea could be a less complicated alternative.
I pronounce it ahs-TRAY-ah, but apparently ahs-TREE-ah and ahs-TRY-ah are correct as well as the ae can be pronounced several ways.
The thing is: I asked some people in my country how they would pronounce it, and they ALL said ahs-trah-AY-ah which is incorrect (the ae is definitely one syllable, not two), so I thought of something.
I thought of changing the spelling to Astreia (inspired by Adastreia). This would be easier to pronounce and the pronunciation would be clearer.
I thought it would be alright to change the spelling in this case, because:
a) the Greeks have a different alphabet anyway and names get translated by sound. So while Astraea is the translation that has been used the longest, Astreia could work as well.
b) it seems to be the legit Spanish spelling as well, at least according to wikipedia Astraea (the name of the goddess) is spelled Astreia in Spanish which supports the theory that Greek names get translated by sound and that there are different ways to spell a Greek name with our alphabet.
Any opinions?
Would you use Astreia if it solves the pronunciation issue or just use Astraea because it has been used the longest and just explain to everyone how to pronounce it? Does Astreia look weird or misspelled to you?
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