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Re: Mattea Pronounciation
by Anneza
5/15/2007, 10:55 PM
in reply to a message by Heather
Doesn't it depend on what language we use? You get little English girls called ANN-dree-a and little Italian boys called an-DRAY-a, so it wouldn't surprise me to find ma-TAY-a in European countries, if they use it, and MAT-ee-a or ma-TEE-a if she's English speaking.
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- Jeannie (guest)   +2
5/16/2007, 12:32 AM
in germany it would be pronounced Matt-é-ahthe pronounciation center on the "e"
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- Anneza   +1
5/16/2007, 3:49 AM
Pretty close to what I expected! But, you say it "would" be pronounced in that way: is Mattea used as a name in German? I've never encountered it anywhere.
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- Jeannie
5/17/2007, 4:47 AM
well, I never really heard it here, but the masculine form "Matteo" is pretty often used here!
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