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in reply to a message by Marija Luminitsa
i think your pronunciation might be wrong. everybody can just add information to wikipedia, it only takes one second, you don't even have to be registered. The Oxford dictionary (I just checked) listed it as tha-LYE-ah so this might be right. but sometimes I think they mean the original form Thaleia (ei is pronouced eye in several languages) and Thalia might be tha-LEE-ah. not sure, though. i need to ask someone from greece :P
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tha-LYE-ah would be the English pronunication. The "ei" diphthong in Modern Greek makes a long E sound like in the word seek.
This question was already answered for you once before by a Greek:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3344271&board=gen
He made this website:
http://www.etymologica.com/page9.htm
Here is another pretty good site that explains the differences between Modern Greek and Classic Greek that includes pronunciations:
http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkalpha.htm
tha-LYE-ah would be the English pronunication. The "ei" diphthong in Modern Greek makes a long E sound like in the word seek.
This question was already answered for you once before by a Greek:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=3344271&board=gen
He made this website:
http://www.etymologica.com/page9.htm
Here is another pretty good site that explains the differences between Modern Greek and Classic Greek that includes pronunciations:
http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkalpha.htm
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