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HelpRe: How to pronounce these names..
in reply to a message by HaySkyNat
ZEF-er-een
ie-o-LAN-thee
ie-AN-thee
At least, that's how I would pronounce them upon viewing them. Considering the last two names are Greek, they'd most likely be ie-oh and ie-an instead of yo, ee-an or ee-oh.
After some research, Ianthe seems to be officially pronounced as ie-an-thee. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ianthe)
Iolanthe is from iole, which is pronounced ih-o-lee. This makes it sound like a soft yo-lee.
(https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100101213219AA4yReL)
“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman
ie-o-LAN-thee
ie-AN-thee
At least, that's how I would pronounce them upon viewing them. Considering the last two names are Greek, they'd most likely be ie-oh and ie-an instead of yo, ee-an or ee-oh.
After some research, Ianthe seems to be officially pronounced as ie-an-thee. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ianthe)
Iolanthe is from iole, which is pronounced ih-o-lee. This makes it sound like a soft yo-lee.
(https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100101213219AA4yReL)
― Neil Gaiman
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