I feel like a fool.. but how do you pronounce Dorothea

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I keep seeing this name but as I have never actually met anyone with this name I have no clue how to pronounce it…

I keep wanting to say it like in spanish … DOOR-OH-[name]TAY[/name]-[name]AH[/name]… but i dont think this is how it is pronounce in English…

[name]How[/name] do YOU pronounce [name]Dorothea[/name]???

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This is one of my cat’s names, lol. We pronounce it Dor-THEE-ah, but call her [name]Doro[/name] most of the time.

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dor-uh-thee-uh yup! like [name]Dorothy[/name] with an ‘uh’ on the end lol!

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and dont feel silly i was pronouncing [name]Elodie[/name] like E-load-ee until i properly googled it!! oops!

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Exactly this.

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I agree with becaroo - don’t feel silly, I pronouced [name]Isadora[/name] like Eye-sa-door-ah…

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I am from Croatia, and that infuence my pn…

Dor-oh-thay-uh.

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Sorry, I made a mistake so I correct myself.

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I pronounce my name Door-O-[name_f]Thea[/name_f], or [name_f]Doe[/name_f]-Row-Thee-Ah.

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I go back and forth between the [name_m]German[/name_m] pronunciation and the English one because my great grandmother who was 100% [name_m]German[/name_m] was named this.

Dor-o-TE-ah {[name_m]German[/name_m]} & Dor-o-thee-uh {English}

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My name is [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], and I pronounce it [name_f]Doro[/name_f]-thay-a but my ancenstry is Greek.