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Re: Pronunciation of Matthias?
I've always heard mah-THIGH-us, with the "THIGH" part like the word "thigh." Array

"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
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agreedfdff
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I agree: I've always heard ma-THIE-us.
Miranda
"Come... you must eat my child." — From an unknown badfic.Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
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I agree with Array. That's the conventional/accepted (American) pron., altho other languages might differ.
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I've heard mah-TIE-us and ma-THIGH-us
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