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Re: How do you pronounce these names?

by Miss Claire

6/17/2005, 5:29 PM

I think the differences with English are:
i = ee, not eye
a = ah only
th= t
e = eh

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

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- lala +5

6/17/2005, 5:43 PM

and "ope"

I believe it is "oh-pee", like in Penelope (this would be following the pattern. However, I am not an expert on Greek names, so my hypothesis is most definately subject to error.

*Lala*
To Destiny

- Miss Claire +4

6/17/2005, 7:13 PM

I would have said oh-peh...

~~ Claire ~~

- Chrisell +3

6/17/2005, 7:35 PM

It's o-pee in English-speaking countries

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- Miss Claire +2

6/17/2005, 8:12 PM

I thought we were talking about Greek...

~~ Claire ~~

- Chrisell +1

6/17/2005, 8:28 PM

Hmm . . .

I read it as Kizuko wanting to know the normal English pronunciations of a group of names that were of Greek origin, not the *Greek* pronunciations of the names. I could be wrong!

:-)

♦ Chrisell ♦

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

- Miss Claire

6/17/2005, 8:39 PM

Ah ok, maybe I read wrong too... Since all the names were Greek, I thought she wanted the Greek prons. lol

~~ Claire ~~

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