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How do you pronounce Sophia

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runnermum2 · 01/05/2011 22:31

Do you say

So - fee- a (emphasis on fee)
So - fy - a

or

Sophie - a (emphasis on So)

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Folicacid · 02/05/2011 07:26

So fee a

GitAwfMayLend · 01/05/2011 23:44

Someone called my daughter So-FYE-a, I overheard her mutter under her breath 'I don't live in the 18th century you twat' Grin

MavisEnderby · 01/05/2011 23:39

SO FEE YA

CarefulWithThatAxeEugene · 01/05/2011 23:37

The old-fashioned English pronunciation is So-fye-a. At some point the Latin pronunciation came into favour, and the same is true of Maria which used to be Ma-rye-a. (Mariah Carey has made the old prn. of Maria more familiar.) They can be pronounced either way. Certainly So-fye-a is more unusual these days, but it's just fashion.

Emelene · 01/05/2011 23:18

So-fee-a. It's pretty. :)

GitAwfMayLend · 01/05/2011 22:57

So-FEE-a

My dd is called Sophia and if anyone pronounces it So-FYE-a she wants to brain them.

Edmundo · 01/05/2011 22:56

So-fee-a

madrush · 01/05/2011 22:50

emphasis on fee - I like the name a lot

sundayschild92 · 01/05/2011 22:42

I too have a Sophia (spelt Sofia) but pronounced as your first example - gorgeous name!

meditrina · 01/05/2011 22:40

So-fye-a

There's also a Sof-ee-a (like the capital of Bulgaria, in both spelling and pronunciation) at DCs school.

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runnermum2 · 01/05/2011 22:38

Oh good

I like So-FEE-ya but not so-FY-a or SO-fee-a

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littlenuttree · 01/05/2011 22:37

I have a Sophia and pronounce her name as per your first example, although my DM and my FIL prounounce it Sophie-a, despite my best attempts to get them to say it properly, which really annoys me! Grin

Plonkerr · 01/05/2011 22:35

So - fee - ya (emphasis on fee)

chrisrobin · 01/05/2011 22:35

so-fee-ya

TheSecondComing · 01/05/2011 22:35

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HattiFattner · 01/05/2011 22:33

so-FEE-ya

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