Perdita?

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Orphlids · 13/10/2019 18:27

I’m looking for a posh, educated person to tell me the correct pronunciation of the name Perdita. Is it PER-dit-ah, as they say in Disney’s 101 Damations, or is it Per-DEET-ah? I prefer the latter, but I admit I have no idea which is correct. How does it tend to be pronounced in performances of Winter’s Tale?

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Frith2013 · 13/10/2019 19:02

If you have a boy, you could call him
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DramaAlpaca · 13/10/2019 18:47

Well, that told me! Slightly embarrassed English graduate here

Disfordarkchocolate · 13/10/2019 18:45

I looked it up once and it was the first one, I think it's a lovely name. People will day it both ways as the second way is fairly common.

toomanypillows · 13/10/2019 18:44

Usually in Shakespeare performances the emphasis is on the "Per".
It's sort of Purr Ditta

UrsulaPandress · 13/10/2019 18:44

It. Not eet.

BowiesJumper · 13/10/2019 18:43

It’s the former- per-dit-er.
I think perdeeta is the American pronunciation? But you’d probably get both pronunciations and have to clarify which would be irritating.

DramaAlpaca · 13/10/2019 18:38

I'm very educated but not posh and I'd say perDEETa.

I don't like the meaning though, 'lost'.

Rubywhoo · 13/10/2019 18:34

I think it’s ‘ita’ rather than ‘eeta’ but I prefer the latter too because it’s sounds more natural

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