Amelie or Thea?

Amelie is cute for a little girl, but as an adult woman, I wouldn't want to be called it. I know of 3 under 5.

Thea was my favourite for a girl I love it. It is stronger and less cutesy than Amelie so its good for all ages. I know of 2, a toddler and a teenager

I'm no help I know both and know 2 of each

Amelie ( 4 and 2)
Thea (5 and 2)

Not just me then, @Chunkymenrock. Amelie looks pretty written down but the sound is meh. I don't like A-meeeeeely-a.

Thea is dull and uninspiring. Amelie is ok but I just think ammer-lee and it's too close to the awful uh-mealy-uh.

I have a Thea.

I get Tia, or Theo? As I dont dress her in pink, so she obviously must be a boy haha! Doesn't bother me at all. Never had anyone that cant pronounce the 'Th'.

I love both but prefer Thea.

Definitely Amelie.

Thea by a mile.

Amelie is extremely twee and also overused. I just find it hard to imagine a strong grown up woman with this name.

I know a lovely little Amelia. Her name is pronounced Am - eelia. Mum is Latin American living in Britain if that's relevant to anything. Probably isn't though.

I know of a Thea who's 8.

Both in Scotland.

What's "it"? Is this a name change fail?

@TatianaBis, it was in response to this:
Ah that's just accent. London accents can pronounce Th as F but it's a custom not a speech impediment.
My point was that it isn't about accents. The people I know who say th as f are not from London.

There are many vowels and consonants that London accents mangle. If you speak RP or a non-London regional English accent - it's irrelevant.

I don't underrstand why you are arguing about it because it's not just me saying that they know people say TH as F.

I don't know why you argued the toss over my original statement, it's no less true now than when you started.

tatiana it’s an endemic issue in London / the SE. I don’t think that’s controversial, is it? If you look up MN on names like Theo you’ll likely find similar comments.

Thea

It's not a friend @TatianaBis, just someone I have known since childhood, so congatulations aren't necessary.

Given that I know several people who say TH as F/PH, I would say it was quite common. If I added people in the media (who are not friends either before you congratulate me again), it would be quite a lot.

I can think of a few who can't say R but not as many. A handful at most.

I don't underrstand why you are arguing about it because it's not just me saying that they know people say TH as F. It doesn't really matter if it a sppech impediment or accent. They will say Thea as Fea.

@IloveShula

Congrats, you have a Welsh friend with a speech impediment. Knowing one or however many you claim to know doesn't make it common.

I've met people with a lisp and who can't say their Rs like Lucy Worsley, but as I said, never someone who can't say TH.

I prefer Thea to Amelie.

@TatianaBis, It's definitely not dialect.

I am not confusing anything. DD renders to TH like in The and That, not like TH in Thing

I won't say the name as it could possibly out the person and out me.
It is something like Beffan for Bethan or Geffin for Gethin. and is quite possibly a speech impediment. Person has been teased about it since childhood but is so likeable that no one cares. They pronounce it the way they do, speech impediment or not. It has nothing to do with accent.

Not sure if my two friends have speech impediments. One might. The other speaks a bit lazily.

The person who can't say J has an impediment.

Many young children struggle with TH. They usually grow out of it, are corrected or have speech therapy.

As I said, just because you haven't encountered it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Thea

You're confusing pronunciation and speech impediment.

Welsh renders letters differently to English, DD to TH for example. I can't comment on your friend's name as I don't know what it is. It may be an impediment may be dialect.

The French language does not have the sound TH so it's hard for French to say.

Which are separate issues to English speakers you claim to know who can't say TH.

@TatianaBis,
Neither of them are from London. Both are native English speakers.
The French person I know would say Edith as Ediff.

I also know a Welsh first language adult with a TH in their first name and they always says it as FF.

And I know an englishman who can't say J.

Just because you haven't encountered it doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

It is accent in London - nothing = nuffin , something = sumfin.

As I said above the French can't say it - they usually say ze.

Can't speak for you mates, but like I say I've never met anyone British who can't say th.

It's not accent. They can't say it. I have friends from comfortable backgrounds, who were educated privately and at university, and neither can say TH.

I also know someone french who can't say it.

They could probably be taught to say it, but they haven't been.

Ah that's just accent. London accents can pronounce Th as F but it's a custom not a speech impediment.