Anonymous wrote:I pronounce it with a long E (ath-LEE-tah) for two reasons:

1. Athlete has a long E.
2. Generally, a vowel followed by a single consonant then another vowel is long.

If they wanted it to have a short E, they should have spelled it Athletta.

But is that usually the case when the second vowel is an "a"?

Africa
strata
alpaca
candida
schemata
Nevada
stigmata
maraca
sonata
per capita
mathematica
data can be long "a" or short, depending

I pronounce it with a long E (ath-LEE-tah) for two reasons:

1. Athlete has a long E.
2. Generally, a vowel followed by a single consonant then another vowel is long.

If they wanted it to have a short E, they should have spelled it Athletta.

Anonymous wrote:First one. When in doubt, call the store and see what they say when they answer the phone.

Ath-let-a sounds so very very stupid.

I’ve always pronounced it ath-LAY-tah.

Ath-let-ti-ca


I know its wrong.

it like the "let" in lettuce.

Anonymous wrote:It's like athlete, but with an -ah sound at the end. That's how the people who work there pronounce it, so my guess is it's the correct one.

No they don’t.

Athleta official account retweeted it: https://twitter.com/athleta/status/484766692149436416?lang=en

The first one. Ath-let-ah.

It's like athlete, but with an -ah sound at the end. That's how the people who work there pronounce it, so my guess is it's the correct one.

The second one ath - leet- a

First one. When in doubt, call the store and see what they say when they answer the phone.

pri-?ten(t)-sh?s

Your first pronunciation is the correct one.

I say ath-let-a but know several friends who say ath-leet-a.