WDYT of Tavis (pron. TAY-vis)
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WDYT of Tavis (pron. TAY-vis)
| Fri, 05-11-2007 - 6:04pm |
WDYT of Tavis (pron. TAY-vis)
- Like it a lot!
- It's okay.
- Really don't like it.
- It is a form of Thomas, comments welcome.
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I actually quite like Tavish, but I've generally heard it pronounced with a short A or AW/AH sound ... which makes sense, being basically a vocative form of Thàmhais (TAW-vish). The long A "TAY-vis" pronunciation seems to have been gleaned from the name Davis -- a link that IS listed on some random naming sites, but not one I subscribe to personally -- so to me, it just seems a flawed pronunciation or meaning, at best (since that would then change it from a form of Thàmhais, meaning twin, to a form of David).
So as it stands, Tavis, said TAY-vis, brings to mind Davis and Travis (considering first sound, then appearance), and seems a bit forced,
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