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in reply to a message by Lissa Hannah
Marsha is nmsaa because the name Marcia is a feminine form of Marcus, and Marsha completely circumvents the Marcus connection imo by not resembling Marcus at all.
That said, today I would usually pronounce Marcia MAHR-sha. However, I prefer mahr-SEE-ah or MAHR-see-ah; and lately I've also been really liking the original Roman pronunciation, mahr-KEE-ah. Finally, there's MAHR-syah, a Spanish pronunciation that I find pretty, but that I'm not really crazy for right now
Miranda
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That said, today I would usually pronounce Marcia MAHR-sha. However, I prefer mahr-SEE-ah or MAHR-see-ah; and lately I've also been really liking the original Roman pronunciation, mahr-KEE-ah. Finally, there's MAHR-syah, a Spanish pronunciation that I find pretty, but that I'm not really crazy for right now
Miranda
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Roman pron...
....would be Mar-cee-ah, not Mar-kee-uh. C is pronounced as ts in Latin before e and i, and as k before a, o, u and consonants.
....would be Mar-cee-ah, not Mar-kee-uh. C is pronounced as ts in Latin before e and i, and as k before a, o, u and consonants.
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It is controversial, and I don't know enough to debate it, but I think your rule is for "Vulgar Latin" and other later forms. Supposedly, the classical pronunciation was hard C in all cases. My Roman History professor pronounced Cicero as "Kikero."
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Well, I took my pronunciation from the basic listing at Kate Monk's Onomastikon (a very good site in general, btw): http://snipurl.com/cq6u.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett
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