Message: "Anatolia and Lucretia"

Anatolia and Lucretia

by Xenokleia (Dragon_Clarinet)

7/13/2011, 5:05 PM

What are your opinions on them? How do you pronounce them, particularly Lucretia (for some reason when I was younger, I thought it was loo-KRAY-tee-ah, apparently I'm told otherwise.) loo-KRAY-shah or loo-CREE-shah? TIA!

#Anatolia #Lucretia

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- Sekhmet (warriorgoddess)

7/14/2011, 9:10 AM

I have a friend named Lucrecia! It's pronounced the same as Lucretia - loo-CREE-shah, or even luh-CREE-sah (not "loo" and not "shah"). I love her name. She goes by Crecia, and I think Cretia would work just as well. Lucy could be another nickname for it... CeeCee, Tia, Cree. Lots of options. :) Plus it's a gorgeous name with a great meaning.

Anatolia I'm not as familiar with. It's cute, and it also has a lot of nickname options (Ana, Annie, Lia...). I'm not exactly sure how to pronounce it, but I'd probably say ann-uh-TOLE-ee-uh.

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- Donham

7/13/2011, 8:45 PM

Neither one of these are my style at all, but of the two, I prefer Anatolia. I pronounce Lucretia (loo CREE shah), and because of that, I think of "secretion" when I say this name.

- Dracotorix

7/13/2011, 6:20 PM

I like Anatolia (I say AN-uh-TOHL-ee-uh). Lucretia is okay, but seems a little dated. It might come around eventually, but it doesn't seem like it will quite yet. I say loo-CREE-shah.

- Adenydd (faelivrin) +2

7/13/2011, 5:54 PM

Anatolia as a given name seems really strange to me. It's the name of a region in Turkey, and I think of Anatolia as a place before I think of it as a name. I can't imagine it being used on an actual person. (I have the same problem with other well-known place names like America, London and China.) It's also a little too long, in my opinion; four syllables is typically my cut-off point.

Lucretia isn't really my style, but it's alright. I prefer to say loo-KRAY-shah, since I find the "creesh" sound in the other pronunciation unattractive.

- Orsino (bananarama)

7/15/2011, 1:17 PM

Anatolia is actually used because of a saint rather than the region in Turkey. Then again, it's rather rare as a name (though I have heard it used in parts of Italy), so I guess people might be weirded out.

- Xenokleia (nsi) (guest)

7/13/2011, 6:21 PM

Weird, I didn't even think that many people would be worried about Anatoli being a place!

hgfh

- RegalAmethyst

7/13/2011, 5:42 PM

I love both names, though I do prefer Anatolius as a male name to Anatolia as a female one. I pronounce Anatolia in the same way that blue_belle does. Lucretia I've always pronounced as loo-CRESH-ah. I prefer that way.

- blue_belle

7/13/2011, 5:24 PM

Lucretia (loo-CREE-shah), I don't like it. I sometimes say loo-cree-shee-ah, but I prefer the first pronunciation.

Anatolia I say the way it's written ana-toll-ee-ah. It jut makes me think of the country Turkey. I'm not that fond of place names, even if Anatolia is not really used anymore. However, I do like that it means 'sunrise', that's very pretty.

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