[Facts] How do you pronounce Nimue?
Nimue is Morgane le Fay's lady in waiting in Arthurian lore. I was just wondering, since I think it looks pretty, but I have no idea how to pronounce it. Thanks in advance.
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I had always heard NIM-oo-ay, with the middle syllable just barely pronounced.
I pronounce it as Nim u ay, and I thought she was the sorceress who imprisonned Merlin but then there are many different versions of the Arthurian legends
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This message was edited 12/29/2005, 2:50 PM
I learned many years ago the proper pronunciation was Nim-oo-ay. I had a beautiful black Standard Poodle and her name was "Nimue" which I pronounced....Nim-way....which I found easier for me and for her and others being 2 syllables instead of trying to get that oo in it. Everyone loved it and is is still one of my favourites names although I have taken liberties with the pronunciation. That was a long time ago and who really knows? I also had a Sir Lancelot and a Sir Galahad, Big beautiful Apricot Standard Poodles. Most of us used monikers on the net at that time and I was "Morgana le Fey" I loved my Camelot poodles.
Your spelling is better than mine by far :)
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