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in reply to a message by puck
I think that most Americans won't have seen it before and thus might mess up the pronunciation, but I do think a little Philippa would do just fine, she just will have to tell people how to say/spell her name more often that a little Kate (who still will sometimes!).
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I don't understand; why would Americans have trouble with Philippa?
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Having never heard it or seen it before, they wouldn't know how to pronounce it phil-ih-PUH or PHI-lih-puh, and wouldn't be sure how to spell it if they heard it. When it was used on a book character, I heard both pronunciations while the character was being discussed.
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