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Help[Opinions] Re: Favorite Greek mythology names?
in reply to a message by Adeline
Aglaia - nice meaning, but the look and sound throw me
Andromeda - too many masculine sounds for my ear and I think of a space ship rather than the constellation
Artemis - also looks/sounds just a bit too masculine to me
Demeter - ditto masculine
Eudora - sound-wise, I'm drawn to the "dora" component, but the first syllable reminds me of "eww" as in yucky and I've not been able to shake that (bad nerd, bad nerd, I know)
Hermione - intriguing but not something I will probably ever consider using
Iphigenia - "iffy genie" is what I hear. If I'm going to have a genie in my life, he/she shall be decisive, I say!
Medea - unpleasant association
Mnemosyne - love the meaning, wish I loved the sound
Pandora - cookin' up "dora"...maybe with a little citrus reduction sauce
Penelope - love love love
Clearly, I am sleepier (and hungrier) than one ought to be while offering up opinions. My apologies. :)
Andromeda - too many masculine sounds for my ear and I think of a space ship rather than the constellation
Artemis - also looks/sounds just a bit too masculine to me
Demeter - ditto masculine
Eudora - sound-wise, I'm drawn to the "dora" component, but the first syllable reminds me of "eww" as in yucky and I've not been able to shake that (bad nerd, bad nerd, I know)
Hermione - intriguing but not something I will probably ever consider using
Iphigenia - "iffy genie" is what I hear. If I'm going to have a genie in my life, he/she shall be decisive, I say!
Medea - unpleasant association
Mnemosyne - love the meaning, wish I loved the sound
Pandora - cookin' up "dora"...maybe with a little citrus reduction sauce
Penelope - love love love
Clearly, I am sleepier (and hungrier) than one ought to be while offering up opinions. My apologies. :)
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Iphigenia...
Iphigenia is pronounced ih-fih-jeh-NIE-ah, with the "nie" rhyming with "lie". There's no iffy genie involved! :)
Iphigenia is pronounced ih-fih-jeh-NIE-ah, with the "nie" rhyming with "lie". There's no iffy genie involved! :)
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I have never heard this name pronounced with a long i sound although I see several websites and dictionaries that have that as the pronunciation.
Throughout the 1977 film Iphigenia, shot on location in Aulis, the name is pronounced as:
if-fəh-ən-yah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrv-IuUy5xE&feature=related
Listen to the above youtube clip at 8 seconds for Greek pronunciation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrv-IuUy5xE&feature=related
Also in the above clip at 5:26 seconds
This movie is awesome by the way. You will want to use that name even more after you watch it.
Throughout the 1977 film Iphigenia, shot on location in Aulis, the name is pronounced as:
if-fəh-ən-yah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrv-IuUy5xE&feature=related
Listen to the above youtube clip at 8 seconds for Greek pronunciation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrv-IuUy5xE&feature=related
Also in the above clip at 5:26 seconds
This movie is awesome by the way. You will want to use that name even more after you watch it.
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Thanks for setting me straight. Huh, I should have known that.
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