[Facts] Pronounce Penelope
I have a "friend" who introduces herself as Pen Elope.
I keep telling her that she sounds ignorant and uneducated but she does not believe me. Any ides?
I keep telling her that she sounds ignorant and uneducated but she does not believe me. Any ides?
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All the Penelopes I've ever known have said: pe NEL a pee. I take it your pal makes it three syllables? Oh my.
A colleague once told me that she'd taught a child whose name was Yvonne though she pronounced it Why-vonny. Mother had seen it in a book and liked the look of it ...
And my own mother came home one day shaking her head at an Heloise she'd just met who introduced herself proudly as Hell-oyz.
A colleague once told me that she'd taught a child whose name was Yvonne though she pronounced it Why-vonny. Mother had seen it in a book and liked the look of it ...
And my own mother came home one day shaking her head at an Heloise she'd just met who introduced herself proudly as Hell-oyz.
Here's how Homer most probably pronounced it:
Pin el OP ee
Pin as in pinhead
el as in El Paso
Op as in opera
ee as in eek-a-mouse!
Pin el OP ee
Pin as in pinhead
el as in El Paso
Op as in opera
ee as in eek-a-mouse!
Well.....she pronounces it like w/ a short e? as in elephant? penelope? and the o as in no? wow...that is weird.....i'm sorry, but that is just not the right way to pronounce it. Well, she COULD pronounce it that way..but it just doesn't sound right. it's pene lo PEE!!