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Help[Opinions] Re: Theodate
in reply to a message by Pickles
Pronunciation?
If it's Theo-Dayt that's ugly and weird
if it's Tayo-Dah-tay or Theo-Dah-tay that's awkward but interesting
if it's Theo-dah-tee that's ugly and weird ("dotty")
if it's Theo-Day-tee ... that's kinda cool. Although a bit synthetic and "difficult" because it looks like Theo-Dayt and I thought of dates (the food).
- mirfak
If it's Theo-Dayt that's ugly and weird
if it's Tayo-Dah-tay or Theo-Dah-tay that's awkward but interesting
if it's Theo-dah-tee that's ugly and weird ("dotty")
if it's Theo-Day-tee ... that's kinda cool. Although a bit synthetic and "difficult" because it looks like Theo-Dayt and I thought of dates (the food).
- mirfak
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I feel like it could be Theodaitë. It's already come so far from Theudahad to suit taste, why not go another step.
This message was edited 11/9/2023, 6:38 AM
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It's not too far off Theodatus, which (it seems to me) was likely misinterpreted as meaning the same as Theodor* ... since Deodatus means that. Like Theodoric, it might have been a quasi-deliberate respelling / misinterpretation of a pagan name, at some point. By someone who arrogated the authority to themself because they had control of the pen.
I got the idea of pronouncing the E from Mithridates (also a "given" meaning).
Anyway I agree, since it's been modified to suit anyway, you could spell it however you want.
Like Mellisant :) And also kinda like a bajillion other names. Maybe all names.
What I'd like to know is, how does anyone really know how a name was pronounced in the nineteeth century? Everybody who would have known is long dead ... so how do we know? It might actually have been pronounced Theo-day-tee, if there is no direct evidence otherwise.
I got the idea of pronouncing the E from Mithridates (also a "given" meaning).
Anyway I agree, since it's been modified to suit anyway, you could spell it however you want.
Like Mellisant :) And also kinda like a bajillion other names. Maybe all names.
What I'd like to know is, how does anyone really know how a name was pronounced in the nineteeth century? Everybody who would have known is long dead ... so how do we know? It might actually have been pronounced Theo-day-tee, if there is no direct evidence otherwise.
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The YouTuber said Theo-dayt.
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