# BOTNS: Thecla

*The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 24 May 2002*

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### Russell Wodell
*24 May 2002, 00:30*

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?

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### Michael Andre-Driussi
*24 May 2002, 18:19 · follows Russell Wodell*

> Russell Wodell wrote:
> How is the name Thecla pronounced?
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> 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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