Comments (Pronunciation Only)
Fay-Na.
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In original Greek, the Ph sound was an aspirated P, not an F. The closest approximate in modern English would be the "p-p-p-p-poker" in the song Poker Face.
The AE diphthong is pronounced AY as in eye.
Thus, to be perfectly historically correct, Phaenna would be Pie-nah.
However, names change with movement into other languages, for example, Pear-iss, not Pah-ree, in English (Paris). Therefore, Phaenna could legitimately and with historical precedent be pronounced variously, Fee-nah, Peh-nah, Fay-na, or Fie-na, and no one could really correct you.
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The AE diphthong is pronounced AY as in eye.
Thus, to be perfectly historically correct, Phaenna would be Pie-nah.
However, names change with movement into other languages, for example, Pear-iss, not Pah-ree, in English (Paris). Therefore, Phaenna could legitimately and with historical precedent be pronounced variously, Fee-nah, Peh-nah, Fay-na, or Fie-na, and no one could really correct you.
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I would pronounce it "fah-enna," but I have no idea.
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Anyone know how to pronunce it? The Fay and Enna sounds are among my favourites, but I somehow doubt it's just pronounced Fay-EN-uh.
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