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Slick:
So hey I was just thinking about this tonight, but I have known a bunch of Tania/yas in my time. There was a time when the ladies I was involved with or interested in where named Sonia then Tanya then Dunja which all kind of sound a little the same (especially because I speak swiftly and drop some consonants sometimes) and my roommate and good friend complained about this being confusing for him (but, like, this is the guy who dated three Michelles and was good friends with another Michelle so whatever). But that is not the point I want to get to tonight!
What I was wondering was, how do Tanyas react to Tanias and vice versa? My friend Tanya hates when people misspell her name as 'Tania' because most of the Tanias she's known are kind of ditzy, while over on the complementary side, my good friend Andrew's girlfriend Tania (who is a friend of mine, now that I think of it!) does not like to be confused for a Tanya because she has had bad experiences with Tanyas! Clearly there are good Tanyas and Tanias, but I was wondering what our favorite Tania thought about Tanyas (or Dunjas or Sonias I guess for that matter) and whether or not anyone had any prejudices towards yas or ias either way?

The Seldom Killer:
I understand the first rule of Tanyas is they don't talk about Tanias.

Sorflakne:
Is Tania even the same as Tanya?  I can't see how you can pronounce them the same way; I want to say it 'Ta-knee-a" for Tania and 'Tan-ya' for Tanya, with both names pronouncing the 'a' as it's long-almost-an-O sound (like in 'gone').

Inlander:

--- Quote from: Slick on 09 May 2011, 22:38 ---Clearly there are good Tanyas and Tanias

--- End quote ---

Hey now, I don't see anyone starting a band called the Be Good Tanias.

Lunchbox:
Note that in Australia, no matter how Tania is spelt, it is ALWAYS pronounced 'TAN-yar' and not 'TARN-ee-yar.' Same for Megan, it will be pronounced 'MEE-gan' even if you specify that um, excuse me, it's actually 'MAY-gan.'

Anyway - this is the same as my prejudice between Alison, Allison and Alyson. Obviously Alison is the best and most pure form of the name, even if I do go by Ally (which again is confusing because it should be spelt Ali but when I do that it invariably gets pronounced as Ah-LEE, the boy's name). Then I guess this pronunciation could be confused between Ally (as in friend) and Alley (as in laneway).

It's just a lot easier to go by Lunchy, really.

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