How to pronounce Marcia.

[Mumoftwoyoungkids]

We’re not having a baby but I figured you all could help solve this debate between me and dh:-

Marcia:-

Mar see a or
Marsha?

Or can it be both?

I think Marsha is more common for the US,in the U.K. mar see ah is more common

It’s my name - it’s pronounced Mar-see-ah.

Never been called Marsha (in the UK so I don’t think people do try to call you that here)

Marsha

I pronounce Mar - see - uh

I know a Mar-shya. So both of your options together really.

The one I know is Marsha. It can be pronounced either way.

Mar CHEE A

It’s generally Mar-See-Ah in the UK and Marsha in the US.

Marcia and Tricia both pronounced Marsha and Trisha. In English.

Good friend called Marcia - mar - cee - ah - here in U.K.

Just checked - ‘vanishingly rare’ for her to be called Marsha here. This sometimes happens in US.

Although most of us agree that it's usually mar-see-ah there is a whole other discussion about where the emphasis is

MAR - see - ah
or
Mar - SEE - ah
I think the second but would think the first is possible too and probably more common than Marsha.

Mar-see-ah

@Scarby9

Either. Like Alicia - I am always being caught out by the Ali- see - a versus the Alisha pronunciations.

Exactly this. My sense is that in both cases the ‘ee-a’ pronunciation is UK and the ‘sha’ US?

MAR-see-uh

I know someone called Marcia and its pronounced Mar-sha

Mar-see-a

Mahr-see-ah (West of Scotland, UK)

Both are correct, in the same way there are a couple of ways of pronouncing Alicia.

I've met women with both pronunciations.

MAR see a.

Marsha sounds like a lazy pronunciation.

I know one, a very old lady and she is Marr-see-a, emphasis on first syllable. Great name.

Mar-see-ah. I wouldn't expect to pronounce it Marsha unless it was spelled Marsha.

I think it can be both. I vaguely associate the MARSHA pronunciation as American.

It can be pronounced either way, and as pps have said, I think that is largely regional. If you use it, you need to choose your preferred pronunciation, and be prepared to correct people who use (and they will) the other one.

I said Mar-see-a, much nicer

Mar cee a.