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How would you pronounce Talia?

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crashdoll · 08/07/2013 19:00

I'm not choosing a name, just having a healthy debate with a friend. Around here, I've only heard of it was Tal-ee-uh but she says she'd say is as Tar-LEE-uh.

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TidyDancer · 13/07/2013 20:25

It's Tar-lee-ur ime.

Rally dislike the Tal-ee-er pronunciation.

sweetkitty · 12/07/2013 20:45

I have a Talia pronounced Tah-Lee-ah

Emphasis on the second syllable
I don't like Tar-lee-ah where's the R?
or Tal-ya

Beautiful name Hebrew for Dew from Heaven (I am slightly biased)

MadeOfStarDust · 12/07/2013 20:35

Tahhhhhhhl - ya

Champagne... I am the same - it really grates on me - one niece's name is Rebecca - a close relative is liverpudlian - and pronounces the cc like scottish loch sound.... grrrrrrrrrrr

x0gawjus0x · 12/07/2013 20:30

Tah lee ah

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DonutForMyself · 12/07/2013 13:28

I'd say it like Italian

bugsybill · 12/07/2013 13:02

I would say tar lee uh.

However I met one who was a ta-lee-uh. It always confused me though and I had to always think about the pronounciations.

vix206 · 11/07/2013 07:13

Tar-lee-a

SupermansBigRedPants · 11/07/2013 07:06

No, no emphasis on lay if anything the opposite. Trying to think of the right way to write it down. . Like tally - ah so more exaggeration on the'ta' part but not much Confused I'm useless at descriptions Blush

JeanPaget · 11/07/2013 03:18

Interesting Supermans, do you mean you'd emphasise the middle syllable, like Ta-LAY-ah?

I'm always concerned that I'm going through life making an arse of myself with my pronunciation...

SupermansBigRedPants · 11/07/2013 03:06

You're all pronouncing it wrong to me!

In my accent it's ta-lay-ah. Everyone and their wife says it that way.

RaRaZ · 11/07/2013 02:33

Tarl-yuh

MissingMyMarbles · 09/07/2013 19:04

I'd say 'Tal ya'
If it was spelt Tahlia then I'd say 'Tarl yuh'
No idea why I'd differentiate the end syllable Hmm

Pixieonthemoor · 09/07/2013 17:16

Oops I always thought the first syllable was like 'tail' so tail-lee-uh Blush

Choccyhobnob · 09/07/2013 10:28

Probably Taa lee uh but would doubt myself and feel perfectly happy if I was then told it was Ta lee uh.

rundontwalk · 09/07/2013 02:54

Ta-lee-ah like the end of Natalia for me!

OrangeLily · 09/07/2013 02:47

Tal yah like the end of Natalia - nat tal yah

ShaggingZumbaStylee · 09/07/2013 02:40

Tal-ee-ah

JeanPaget · 09/07/2013 01:04

Tal-lee-a, but I think if I was saying it everyday I'd come to say it more like Tal-ya, iyswim.

lessonsintightropes · 09/07/2013 00:32

Tar-lee-ah I think.

Alisvolatpropiis · 08/07/2013 23:18

I knew one who said it more like Tal-ya.

I'd say Tall-ee-ah generally speaking though.

Weegiemum · 08/07/2013 20:00

One of my dd2s best friends is Talia. Pronounced Taa-lee-ah.

LittleSporksBigSpork · 08/07/2013 19:59

In English, Ta-lee-ah would be most likely, but in Hebrew the accent is typically on the second or last syllable and ta-LEE-ah would be most likely (and more likely to be written as Talya.

Thalia is Greek and not related linguistically to Talia.

Wbdn28 · 08/07/2013 19:55

TALL-ya

Like the last two syllables of Na-TAL-ia.

Along similar lines, for Tania I'd say TAN-ya rather than TARN-ya which sounds a bit affected/contrived.

Any language experts here? I'd assumed it was an Italian/Spanish/Latin name with a short "a" sound rather than "ah"?

louisianablue2000 · 08/07/2013 19:43

One of the DDs is at school with a Tahlia, pronounced Ta-lee-ah. I would assume Talia would be pronounced the same. Confused by the 'r's, is that like when people say draw-ring instead of drawing?