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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting - I have a name that ends like this, and I have always noticed that some people pronounce it both ways, as you mention. I have not seen any trends in predicting how someone will pronounce it. The only thing I can think of is that the other English words that end with that sound aren’t really words you learn as a young kid (eg, mania - mane-e-a, or ammonia - ammonia-ya as I pronounce them). So perhaps those who have been exposed to that sound early on for whatever reason can do it in one syllable while others need to use two and can’t go directly to the “ya” sound? That has been my hypothesis anyway, because many times the people who use the ee-ya end are people who are otherwise really aware of mispronouncing someone’s name. [/quote]
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