Message: "Re: Tabitha" - Behind the Name

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Re: Tabitha

by Sara Ruth (guest)

12/21/2013, 6:25 PM

I like the name Talitha too. I knew one little girl with this name - in Papua New Guinea. Her family pronounced the name tuh-LEE-thuh, with the emphasis on the middle syllable. BtN shows the emphasis on the 1st syllable - how would you pronounce it?

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- Anneza +1

12/22/2013, 8:27 AM

I'd say TAlitha in English, but taLEEta - emphasis on the middle, t instead of th - in Afrikaans! I'd expect to hear it like Tabitha but with an l.

- Sara Ruth

12/22/2013, 5:26 PM

Thanks! It's interesting that the Afrikaans and Papua New Guinea pronunciations seem to be very similar. Just a coincidence I'm sure but interesting nonetheless.

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