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[Facts] How to pronounce Mnemosyne?
I did a web search, and the amount of ways to pronounce Mnemosyne seems overwhelming. Granted, a lot of these different ways are small, like oh instead of ah, but some of them are very different, which confuses me. So which way is right? Is there a right way at all? Thank you!
nemoz'ini from pantheon.org
Mne·mos·y·ne from education.yahoo.com
Mne·mosy·ne / nem-ah-sighn (that's how I heard the audio) from yourdictionary.com
nee-mos-uh-nee from dictionary.reference.com
from this site-mnee-mo-SEE-nee -user
ni-MAWS-ə-nee -database
nee-MOS-uh-nee -user

This message was edited 1/2/2009, 11:14 AM

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"ni-MAWS-ə-nee" is the traditional English pronunciation"mnee-mo-SEE-nee" is probably the Greek pronunciation
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i'd think to pronounce it nee-mo-sign-ee
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I confirm that "mnee-mo-SEE-nee" is probably the Greek pronunciation ;-)
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Really? I wouldn't have guessed that, Thank you very much!
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