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Ta-TYAH-na

Tatty-Anna

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It doesn't sound nice in my accent at all, but I love hearing other people say it!

Tah-tee-ah-na.

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:)

I think you meant to say

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3 or 4 syllables, not 2 or 3. :-)

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I tried saying it a dozen times in a row to test myself, but I pretty consistently used a blend of the two. It comes out tah-teeAHN-ah, in which the long E sound is distinctly present but only for half a heartbeat. It's not the second prn, but not quite the first either.

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But then I'm Texan, not Russian.

Usually as tah-tee-ah-nuh, but sometimes tah-tyah-nuh.

I say it a blend between both. The other day, though, I accidentally called my roommate Tatiana, and I said it with four definite syllables. (I then called her Sylvia. But her name is Lindsey.) Philosophically, however, I definitely prefer Tatyana, because IA is supposed to be a dipthong.

tah-tee-ANN-ah

tah-tyah-nah

Tah-TYAH-na. The correct Russian & Polish way.

tah-tee-AHN-uh

Hmm, I pronounce it with 4 syllables. Ta-Tee-Auh-Nuh

This message was edited 9/8/2008, 1:06 PM

As a native speaker of 1 Slavic language, I pronounce it Tah-TYAH-na. But even that isn't correct, because English lacks certain sounds, in this case it is the second 'T' that should be pronounced softly. English doesn't have this consonant.

This message was edited 9/8/2008, 1:29 PM

In German: Tah-TYAH-na (we spell it Tatjana)

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Tah-tee-ah-na seems too long and I think people will get sick of pronouncing the extra syllable and just stick with Tah-TYAH-na

I say it the second way you listed, but it has 4 syllables when I pronounce it like you've written ... not 3 :)

2 syllables? I can only think of 3 or 4 (both the ways you suggested. I'd definetely say the second way though - four syllables.

I prn it the second way.

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Years of Russian classes have left their mark on me: "tah-TYAH-nuh."