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Help[Opinions] Re: Names you've been mispronouncing this whole time?
in reply to a message by thenightsnotover1
Lyra “leer-a”
Xanthippe “zan-THEEP” (idc if it’s wrong I still say it like that)
Eurydice “yur-IH-dih-chey” (I swear my teacher pronounced it that way)
Gilda “GIL-da” or “HIL-da”
Victoire “vic-TOR”
Silas “see-las”
Basil “BAY-zul”
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Xanthippe “zan-THEEP” (idc if it’s wrong I still say it like that)
Eurydice “yur-IH-dih-chey” (I swear my teacher pronounced it that way)
Gilda “GIL-da” or “HIL-da”
Victoire “vic-TOR”
Silas “see-las”
Basil “BAY-zul”
～☆April Song Recommendation☆～
PostmodernJukebox - Die For You (cover): https://tinyurl.com/2dk8hsfw
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Gilda ... yeah. It was just recently someone drew attention to the BtN pronunciation, and I noticed that mine is wrong.
However, Gilda Radner's name really is pronounced with a G as in gain, and came from the movie Gilda, in which it was pronounced like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWaQxLcTDIs
Gilda Radner is actually the only Gilda I've ever heard of. But I'll bet that a lot, maybe most, of American Gildas pronounce their name with a G as in gain.
I wonder where the movie's writers got the wrong pronunciation.
I made a post on Facts asking if anyone knows of it being used in a language where the G was like in gain.
However, Gilda Radner's name really is pronounced with a G as in gain, and came from the movie Gilda, in which it was pronounced like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWaQxLcTDIs
Gilda Radner is actually the only Gilda I've ever heard of. But I'll bet that a lot, maybe most, of American Gildas pronounce their name with a G as in gain.
I wonder where the movie's writers got the wrong pronunciation.
I made a post on Facts asking if anyone knows of it being used in a language where the G was like in gain.
This message was edited 4/19/2024, 11:18 PM
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I said Basil that way forever too. Still do in my head.
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