My great grandmother's sister was Althea pronounced Al-thee-a with a soft
th. She shortened it to Thea, but pronounced Thee (soft th again), not The-a.
I read Thea as The-a normally though just as I do Irene as I-rene rather
than I-ren-e even though I've only ever known I-ren-e used.
Lisa
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