Message: "How does one pronunce these?"

How does one pronunce these?

by Siri (guest)

4/1/2005, 12:55 PM

They're all names Poe used in his poetry.

Ligeia
Nesace
Castiglone
Israfel - the angel
Ulalume

- Miss Claire

4/1/2005, 2:24 PM

Ligeia = lee-gheh-yah
Nesace (which country?)
Castiglone = cah-stee-yoh-neh
Israfel = ees-rah-fel
Ulalume (which country?)

~~ Claire ~~

- iris (guest) +1

4/1/2005, 2:21 PM

Do you mean Castiglione?

I've heard this as a surname pronounced cas-tig-lee-oh-nee. That's probably a simplified, americanized pronunciation though.

- Caprice

4/1/2005, 10:52 PM

In Italian, it's pr. kas-til-YO-nuh. "Gli" is always pr. "l-yee".

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