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Julia or Tulia?

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vampirethriller · 18/05/2018 09:18

Just that! Which is nicer?

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WhyOhWine · 18/05/2018 11:22

i know a Tulla (without the i) . It suits her.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/05/2018 11:20

Julia is lovely.

cloudtree · 18/05/2018 11:14

I know two Thalia's both pronounced Tah/Tar lia with the emphasis on the first syllable. (Tah and Tar sound the same in my accent but I know in some accents that wouldn't be the case)

AllyMcBeagle · 18/05/2018 11:11

No idea where the Talia pronounciation comes from.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/670424-Pronunciation-of-Thalia

glitterbiscuits · 18/05/2018 11:11

I think Julia is ripe for a comeback. If I heard a new baby being that I’d be pleasantly surprised. Original but classic.
I prefer Juliet though.

felicitythemangyfox · 18/05/2018 11:08

Julia is nice and unusual

MammieBear · 18/05/2018 11:07

Ahh Julia is a lovely name, not sure on Tulia though...

BertrandRussell · 18/05/2018 11:00

Thalia- rhymes with failure. No idea where the Talia pronounciation comes from.

AllyMcBeagle · 18/05/2018 10:47

How would you say Thalia?

Ta-lia

'Ta' as in the slang for 'thank you'.
'Lia' as in the end of 'Julia'.

Murane · 18/05/2018 10:46

If I saw it written down I'd probably "correct" Tulia to Julia. I might even pronounce it as Julia because T looks very similar to J in most fonts.

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vampirethriller · 18/05/2018 10:42

I like the Tulia pronunciation over Tullia hence the way I spelt it. I like Julia more than Tulia!
How would you say Thalia?

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AllyMcBeagle · 18/05/2018 10:17

Julia is one of my favourite names.

I'm not so keen on Tulia. I haven't heard it before and I assumed (albeit wrongly) that it was something you had made up. I imagine others will think the same.

n0ne · 18/05/2018 10:17

I like Tullia pronounced to rhyme with woolier. Tulia does seem like a typo and Julia is fine but I don't love it. Have you considered Thalia?

gwen25 · 18/05/2018 10:13

I love Julia.
Tulia is very nice too, but I would spell it Tullia -that's the original Latin spelling.

BertrandRussell · 18/05/2018 10:04

If you want it to be pronounced Tullia you have to spell it like that.

Eolian · 18/05/2018 10:01

Surely Tulia and Tullia would be pronounced differently though. Tulia should rhyme with Julia, but the double L version (which us the only way I've seen it in Latin) would rhyme with 'woollier'. Either way, Julia is nicer.

Joeybee · 18/05/2018 09:59

Julia. It's a lovely name. Underused now, probs because to some people it's dated. To me it sounds classy, elegant and great that it's known but not popular.

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vampirethriller · 18/05/2018 09:57

Julia goes with my surname. It's surely not unusually old fashioned when people are using Ivy and Mabel etc.
(historical Tullia didn't even have a sister so god knows where I got that fromGrin)

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WowserBowser · 18/05/2018 09:55

Julia! And don't listen to the old fashioned comments. Most names were at some point.

MissWilmottsGhost · 18/05/2018 09:53

I think people would think Tulia was a typo/misheard and 'correct' it to Julia.

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vampirethriller · 18/05/2018 09:49

Or I thought her sister was Julia, but it's a long time ago I did my degree and could be wrong and getting confused!!

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vampirethriller · 18/05/2018 09:45

Tooleea.
I didn't invent the Tulia spelling, I've seen it written that way in name books. I know the Cicero's daughter story from my Roman history degree, her sister was Julia, I've always liked the sound of both names.

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astoundedgoat · 18/05/2018 09:39

Then spell it Tullia.

Although the most famous Tullia in classics was Cicero's daughter, who died as a child, triggering his Consolatio, so it has sorrowful connotations. It's a very pretty name though, just don't invent a spelling!

LadyChatterlysLoofah · 18/05/2018 09:36

I like Yulia....

InkSnail · 18/05/2018 09:35

Is Tulia pronounced Tooleea, Tyew-leea or Tullya?

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