Message: "Re: Leda / Letha"

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Re: Leda / Letha

by Wordsmith

7/28/2015, 5:56 PM

Leda would only be pronounced with a "th" in Modern Greek, and it would be a voiced "th" (as in "those," "smooth," etc.). In Ancient Greek, the "d" would be pronounced like an English "d."

I adore Leda, but only if it's pronounced "LEE-ə." Letha is too close to "lethal" for me to appreciate it fully.

This message was edited 7/28/2015, 6:06 PM

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- Ottilie

7/29/2015, 5:18 AM

Thank you for the clarification! I did wonder if there was a difference in this instance between Ancient and Modern Greek, as there often is, but I was a smidge too tired to research it.

LEE-də is growing on me a tad, though I'm trying to decide whether it really matters that it sounds almost identical to "leader" in my accent.

- Puck (BBH) +4

7/28/2015, 8:09 PM

I like Leda, but no one would pronounce it LEDH-uh (with the a voiced th), as you described.

Sorry, posted this in wrong place.

This message was edited 7/28/2015, 8:12 PM

- Wordsmith +3

7/28/2015, 9:00 PM

δ in Modern Greek is pronounced like a voiced "th" in English.

ETA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Greek_phonology#Consonants

This message was edited 7/28/2015, 9:01 PM

- Puck (BBH) +2

7/28/2015, 10:29 PM

I know about the "dh" consonant. Is the original poster in Greece?

- Wordsmith +1

7/28/2015, 10:53 PM

The original poster does not seem to originate from or live in Greece: "Additionally, another user states that the correct Greek pronunciation of Leda is LEE-thə, which lead me to consider Letha."

That was the statement that prompted the clarification to which you're objecting incomprehensibly...

- Puck (BBH)

7/28/2015, 10:58 PM

Whoa...I think you've imagined me as scrappier than I intended.

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