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I enjoy it most when pronounced, as spelled, Mathilde; however the breathy letter /h/ would serve as a variable between Math-ild or Mat-hild; the letter 'e' may also serve as a second variable as to whether it is pronounced or not.

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If I were named Mathilde (I am not), but if I were - I would not combine the "th" as in "th"ick or "th"is or "th"at- but have the letter /t/ and the softer breathy letter /h/ serve independently. I love the breathy 'h' whose presence is more felt than heard. Nor I would not pronounce the (silent) /e/. I might eventually omit the silent 'e' - especially if it encouraged others to pronounce it. I would not mind to hear it "softly spoken" - so to speak, but I'd need to draw the line before it served more as a schwa - bringing little difference to the /a/ suffix on that somewhat common version of the name.

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I really love that letter /h/ - independent to the letter /t/ which precedes it.

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"By his gates of breath
There lies a downy feather which stirs not:
Did he suspire, that light and weightless down
Perforce must move Henry IV 2 / IV / 5 /