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Tanya vs. Tania
bainidhe_dub:
--- Quote from: Lunchbox on 10 May 2011, 00:13 ---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.'
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Hunh. So far as I ever hear it, the name Megan/Meghan/Meaghan/Meagan is pronounced MEG-in (except that one girl who actually spelled it Meegan). I have not met a MEG-in who got upset about her name being misspelled, maybe because they're all from the same root and there are several accepted spellings?
I have encountered that misspelling hostility with Sara/Sarah and Brittany/Britney. The Brittanys can be explained by Britney Spears, of course, but I don't know about Sara(h).
Barmymoo:
I've known Sarahs whose name was pronounced without the h, and Saras whose name was pronounced with it. Basically people are going to pronounce their name how they feel, no matter what the spelling is.
I'd have thought that my name would be one of the easiest names ever, considering that it's not just a name but also a month, and a verb, but I still get Mae, Mai, Amy etc...
Barmymoo:
Tommy, I find it quite funny when you do this third-person split-personality thing when talking about your girlfriend Tania, as if she were not the "our favourite Tania" referred to in the OP.
HOWEVER. I chose to pronounce Tania as Tann-ya so I guess it is better if we pretend that we're not talking about the same person.
Boro_Bandito:
My friends pyscho girlfriend is named Tanya, and she pronounces it like the word tan, as if you were going tanning. She is an awful person, so clearly the other way is the best way to pronounce it.
Inlander:
Fuck it, from now on I'm just going to pronounce the name Tania/Tanya to rhyme with the name Shania.
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