Name pronunciation question....

praline

Would you pronounce these two names the same way (in English)?

Theresa

Therese

Can anyone spell the phonetic pronunciation of the second one for me as it would be pronounced in French?  Is it Teh-rez?

Thanks....

wellfleet04

I think those would most often be pronounced differently (Ter-eh-za or Tuh-ree-sa AND Ter-ez or Ter-eese).

Justinlove

wellfleet04:

I think those would most often be pronounced differently (Ter-eh-za or Tuh-ree-sa AND Ter-ez or Ter-eese).

 I agree

Theresa=Tuh-ree-suh or Ter-ees-uh

Therese=Tuh-rees or Ter-ees

 

littlemermaid

Justinlove:

wellfleet04:

I think those would most often be pronounced differently (Ter-eh-za or Tuh-ree-sa AND Ter-ez or Ter-eese).

 I agree

Theresa=Tuh-ree-suh or Ter-ees-uh

Therese=Tuh-rees or Ter-ees

 

I agree with the above.   If you want a Teh not a Ter sound then spell the names Teresa or Terese.  Teresa is the Italian/Spanish spelling. 

DaiLyght

To answer your question specifically, the pronunciation of the second one in French would be like tuh-Race

And no, in English the two would not be pronounced identically.

JellymanKelly

BTW, I know several people named Theresa, which I would pronounce Tuh-ree-sa, but they pronounce it Thuh-ree-sa with a TH sound at the beginning.

luckyluvr

I went to school w/ a girl named Therese. It was pronounced Thur-ese, not Ter-ese.