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[Opinions] Iphigenia...
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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=relatedListen 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 secondsThis 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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