Thaila

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

WDYT about Thaila (pronounced like Tyler)? It's the first name of the actress who recently played the fake housemate on the UK version of Big Brother.

Personally, I think it looks a lot more feminine that Tyler, which is sometimes used as a girl's name, but I still don't like it. I think it's probably because I just don't like Tyler as a name anyway.

NB: ThaILa, not ThaLIa. So the pronunciation is like the beginning of Thailand, then a short "a" sound (which to me is very similar to an "er" sound, but apparently not to everyone the world over).

Comments

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I cannot see any way Thalia can be pronounced like Tyler.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Sorry, misread the name.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Except that it's misspelled here. The actress who was in Big Brother is named Thalia. IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033835/).

[fruhlings.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...that's interesting she seems to go by both - googling both "Thaila Zucchi" and "Thalia Zucchi" comes up with stuff about her. I feel quite sorry for her now, having so much confusion over her name. That's got to be annoying.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

Neither can I.


Theres also that Mexican singer Thalia who's married to Mariah Carey's ex-husband, and I believe it's pronunced "ta (like in 'tall')-lee-ah"

[shyshutterbug.livejournal.com]

I just had to say how much I love and adore both the username AND the icon.

*is a fellow good shipper*

Carry on.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

So close now!

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I've only ever heard Thalia pronounced as "Tall-yah" or "Tall-ee-ah".

[geeki.livejournal.com]

I have it without the H and prnounce it "Tahl-yah" :)

Not Tall

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I'm from Virginia; I pronounce "tall" and "tahl" the same. :/

[recycledvinyl.livejournal.com]

I think it's too confusing - people either aren't going to know how to pronounce it, or they'll confuse it for the name Tahlia.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

As evidenced in this very thread. :D

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Thalia pronounced like Tyler doesn't really make any sense to Americans. We never would drop the R on the end of Tyler.

I love the name Talia said tal-ee-uh. I like the name Tyler (even on girls). I dislike Thalia because the H is confusing as hell to me.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

You've never been to Boston/Southern NH have you =)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

except the freaks in Boston, lol....

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

It's not dropping the r, it's adding the r, in English accents an 'a' at the end of a word has an 'er' sound.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

In Boston they drop r's in a lot of words, and they also add the er sound to words that and in an 'ah' sound. I grew up about an hour outside of Boston and spent my life being Hanner...

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

I like Thaila. It reminds me of my old bunny names Thaia.

[fruhlings.livejournal.com]

No. I think that's a misspelling of Thalia, and that name is pronounced Tal-ee-ah.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

After reading the comments, I think the least you can say about it, is that it's a confusing name LOL

Anyways I like Talia (Tah-lee-ah), but not Thalia nor Thaila. They genereate endless confusion as to how they're pronounced (Tuh-lee-ah, Thay-lee-ah, Thay-lah..etc)

[geeki.livejournal.com]

It honestly doesnt matter how you spell it, it will get misconstrued :)

-Talia (29 years of correcting people on my name)

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

I actually like it way better than Tyler and I don't think it's a confusing name at all o_0
I also think you're right about the name looking more feminine.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I love Tyla for a girl. It is easy to pronounce but it looks more feminine than Tyler. I'd pronounce Thalia - Tar-lee-a.

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

I had no idea this was pronounced tyler.
i thought it was Tha-lee-uh
:S whoops.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

That's ThaLIa, you're thinking of - don't worry you're not the only one to confuse it.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I love the name!
I don't think it's that hard to understand the pronounciation, Thai obviously looks like it would be prnounced Ty to me...and then the lah sound on the end.
I like it ;)