Message: "Name-nerd versus not"

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Name-nerd versus not

by kudriashkajo (jodirae)

4/9/2012, 7:03 AM

I think this is a case where Teia would seem more legit and logical to the name-nerd and Taya would seem more logical and legit to the real-world. Maybe?

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- abbasdaughter

4/9/2012, 7:44 PM

Thing is that Taya actually is used in the real world. Teia just feels and looks awkward to me... and kinda ugly and jumbled like something's not quite right.

- Lily (Destry) +1

4/9/2012, 9:25 AM

No, I don't think so. She wants it to be pronounced TAY-a. Teia looks like Leia which is commonly pronounced LAY-ah. Taya looks like Maya which is pronounced MY-ah or MAH-ya. So Teia wouldn't be mispronounced as often. Apart from that it looks legit, like a slight variant of Theia which has a great meaning, whereas Taya looks made up. I don't have anything against Taya but prefer Teia.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

4/9/2012, 10:22 AM

I guess I was thinking that the Theia connection wouldn't really matter to most people, since that's not a name that a lot of people would even have heard of. The Leia connection makes sense though.

I would have thought Taya would regularly be assumed to be pronounced TAY-uh, because English has so many words that have the "ay" sound and are spelled that way. :) Like way. And say, bay, day, okay, ray, may, pay, pray, etc.

- Ludwig (blaaarg)

4/9/2012, 9:13 AM

Or maybe it's case by case...

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