BOTNS: Thecla

Russell Wodell24 May 2002, 00:30original

How is the name Thecla pronounced? I believe it is Biblical, hence probably Hebrew but I just suddenly noticed how close the name is to the claw, which has implications no?

Michael Andre-Driussi24 May 2002, 18:19original

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Russell Wodell wrote: How is the name Thecla pronounced? I believe it is Biblical, hence probably Hebrew & but I just suddenly noticed how close the name is to the claw, which has implications & no?

My understanding is that it is pronounced "THEH-kluh," not "THUH-klah" or "THEE-klah." (Those "th" sounds might even be different, voiced vs. unvoiced, but I can't hear it right now. The difference between "thin" and "the": yes, I think they are different, Thecla being like "thin" and "the claw" being, obviously, "the.") But yes, I have seen the discovery of the eerie linkage between Thecla and "the claw" a number of times over the years =mantis=

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