How to pronounce Thalia?

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Is it Thalia like failure?
Or is it Thalia stressing the ending like Josiah?
Or what?

The Josiah ending.

I have a niece named Thalia.

I would say Talleea, so yes like Josiah.

Ta-lee-a

In the Antonia Forest books it was definitely as in 'failure' - but she was always known as Tim

I disagree with the pronunciations above. The 'Thal' part is prounced like the start of thalamus and the 'ia' is pronounced like 'iah' as in Josiah with the accent on the first a.

I've only known it to be pronounced TAH-lee-a.

Yes jee and I have wondered ever since how to pronounce it as Lawrie thought it was Failure.
Some people say T and some TH then, and ee-yah or eye-ah.
It looks very pretty written down.

To me, Josiah is pronounced Jos-eye-ah.

Are people therefore pronouncing Thalia - Tahl-eye-ah?

I would pronounce it TAH-lee-ah

I thought it was TAL-ya, short for Na-TAL-ya

No, its Tar-lee-a.

I think its pretty.

I've met a little girl called Talia, if that saves any confusion on the pronunciation.

Is this a regional thing? Like bath with a short a or a long a? Any northerners pronounce it as Tar-lia?

The one I know is half Colombian and pronounces it TAHL-yah

I thought it was like "Taylor"?

I have known a Talia and a Thalia. Both pronounced it Tar-lee-a.

Tah-lee-a

On the pronounciation website the man says tay-lee-a

I've known two children with this name and both have pronounced it Tar-lee-er.

vote for Tar-lee-a from me too

has someone been reading percy jackson?
my kids are obsessed and we have recently had the 'how do you pronounce thalia' discussion...
haven't met a real one though, so can't help, but i read 'tar-lee-a' like natalya. could be wrong!

I have only known it pronounced TAR-lee-ah.

It's a Greek word and it is Thalia - to rhyme with failure. Honestly - no question. That's just how it is.

And a very nice name too,

fab! someone who knows - and that makes sense with the percy jackson stuff too. i will inform my children and resume my 'font of all knowledge' status.

I think she was the Muse of Comedy - bu don't quote me on that one, it's a long time since I failed 1st year Greek at University!