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How do you pronounce Agape? nt
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CIARDA
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Somehow I thought that the Greek pronunciation is ah-gah-pee~ IvaylaGrowing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

This message was edited 5/6/2005, 10:37 PM

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You're correct, it is : )
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There's a salon in the area...And they say ah-GAH-pay.Array
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Miranda is right. There is a second chuch at my church that is named that.Plus I hear the term quite a bit.
"Its hard to be religious when certain people are never struck by lightening."
Calvin (From Calvin and Hobbs)
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I love to be credited, but not for things I didn't say ;-)
Miranda
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Yes, but no "pay"...You see, in Spanish all vowels have "dry" sounds, as opposite to English, where some vowels have a long (or compound) sound or a short (or dry) sound.
So, Agape should be prn. AH - gah-peh. Distress on first syllable. and that "peh" in the end, as in "pester", "pencil", "petal". Unless, of course, you are not searching for the proper Spanish pronunciation.
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Yes, but Agape is Greek, not Spanish :-)
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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The pronunciation of Agape (a Latin name from the Greek word) :)Agape is a Latin first name (and a word) from the Greek áãÜðç (agapi, with EE sound and the second syllable stressed: ah-GAH-pee).In Latin the pronunciation is ah-GAH-peh, not pey. In some romance languages the word is pronounced with the first syllable stressed: AH-gah-peh. In English, it is possible to pronounce with the first or the second syllable stressed (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=agape).But, regarding the wovel sound, the Spanish pronunciation of the wovels is as Latin pronunciation (the Catalan pronunciation is different, f. e.). For this, Magia's explanation about PEH and not PEY is completely correct.
And the Greek pronunciation could be ah-GAH-pee, not ah-GAH-pey.
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Array's pronunciation is correct --
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ah-GAH-pay is the standard US pronunc -- ask any clergyman --
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and a coffee shop around here pronounced the same way :P
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