New Post
Search
HelpThais / Tais
For some reason the sponsor organisation I sponsor a child through accidently assigned another child to me (stupid, stupid organisation) so yesterday I received a letter from a nine-year-old Tais in Brazil.
This is the first time I've come across Tais (Thais) and I'm intrigued. I honestly thought it was a boy at first but it has grown on me as a girl name.
I sent an e-mail to the organisation and although I kept writing about "she" and "her" the person who replied still thought it was a boy. I guess that's the problem with Thais. It looks and sounds masculine.
So what's your thoughts on Thais / Tais and which spelling do you prefer?
I pronounce it tah-EES, but I don't know if that is correct. How do you say it?
This is the first time I've come across Tais (Thais) and I'm intrigued. I honestly thought it was a boy at first but it has grown on me as a girl name.
I sent an e-mail to the organisation and although I kept writing about "she" and "her" the person who replied still thought it was a boy. I guess that's the problem with Thais. It looks and sounds masculine.
So what's your thoughts on Thais / Tais and which spelling do you prefer?
I pronounce it tah-EES, but I don't know if that is correct. How do you say it?
This message was edited 1/22/2013, 7:46 AM
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1
Replies
I say it THAY-iss, but I think it may be supposed to be TAY-iss in the original Greek.
The film Alexander pronounced it THAY-iss, but they also used a more conventional pronunciation of Hephaestion so I don't know how reliable that is.
I quite like it. Thais, that is, not Tais. Tais sounds even more masculine.
The film Alexander pronounced it THAY-iss, but they also used a more conventional pronunciation of Hephaestion so I don't know how reliable that is.
I quite like it. Thais, that is, not Tais. Tais sounds even more masculine.
This message was edited 1/22/2013, 8:07 PM
1
Thais is used now and then where I live, for girls.Pronounced Ty-EES.I like it, a pretty name.
1
It has grown on me and is now on my PNL. I found it in a French book. I prefer the spelling with H and I pronounce it ta-EES.
1
I pronounce it ta-EES and I like it a lot. It's very cute.
I like both spellings equally, but unfortunately neither is very phonetic in English. In Portuguese it's actually Taís, with an i acute.
In France it's pretty popular, spelled Thaïs.
I like both spellings equally, but unfortunately neither is very phonetic in English. In Portuguese it's actually Taís, with an i acute.
In France it's pretty popular, spelled Thaïs.
1