Pronounciation

[Margot]

How do you pronounce Christopherus?
Chris-TOF-erus
Or
Is it CHRIStopher-us... like the name Christopher with an us at the end
or ....


Suddenly realized I didn't know how to pronounce it (when you said on my Chalk post about "tell 'em Donna from Christopherus sent ya"-- made me realize what a doofus I'd sound if I said it with my own inflection. LOL)

One time I went into a garden center and asked for hostas, but said it like host (like post) rather than hahst-a (if you can follow me).

Interesting the phenomena of doing book learnin'.

Warmly,
Margot (pronounced Mar-GO)
so "go" I shall... off to fix another meal.

[hipmama67]

I've always pronounced Christopherus Chris-TOF-erus... Hope I've been saying it right, LOL.

But what ever you do, don't put me on the spot and ask me to pronounce Anthroposophy! It has taken me forever to get my mouth to say it correctly and still to this day I sometimes get tounge tied with it and it's variations (Anthroposophical, etc) :o

Dionne

[Margot]

Great! Dionne- that's how I've been saying it, too. (To the wide audience of my husband. LOL-- mostly I just say, "Donna Says" rather than fuss with saying "ChrisTOPHerus-or-however you say it." LOL)


Ok... and the chalk issue which brought up the pronunciation-thing for me:
is "Lyra" leer-a or lie-ra ?

What else shall we pronounce?

Warmly,
Margot (Mar-GO) ;)

[sajalu]

I'm never sure about Lyra (have you read any of the His Dark Materials books? for teens, but sooooo good!). I say lie-ra, for the person's name, but am thinking that maybe the supplies are called leer-a. :p

[hipmama67]

We're beginning to sound like the E. Fitzgerald and L. Armstrong song...

You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto,
Tomato, tomahto.
Let's call the whole thing off...

:D

Dionne (who actually had Ella & Louis playing in the background during the birth of our first born ;) )

[Donna]

OK - I'll put you all out of your agony.... Dionne wins the First Annual How To Pronounce Christopherus competition.... Chris-TOF- erus. Margot gets honorable mention for having the correct pronumciation as one option .... as well as Lee-ra for Lyra!

Here's a few more: an-thro-po-soph-ical
an-thro-posophy
Mik-a -ael (or Mike- a- ael)
Raf-a-ael

Hmmmmm I wqas sure there were a few more....:)

How about Choroi? That would be kor-oi

[hipmama67]

When dh and I looked up Lyra on Google "definition" they have an audio pronounciation tool and it pronounces different (see link... I can't figure out how to type the pronounciation font!) http://www.answers.com/lyra&r=67 as in the constellation. But since they do not have an entry for Lyra (as in the art supplies), I say Lee-ra, FINAL ANSWER! LOL!

And yes Donna, there are more... And don't laugh! Is Michaelmas Michael-mas or Mike-a-ael-mas? Ditto for the other -mas word... Martinmas.

:eek: This could go on forever!

Dionne

[Grace]

I've always said "mikkelmuss" for Michaelmas and "martinmuss" for Martinmas. But what does Donna say?!

[Donna]

Donna, Pronunciation Doyen, also says "mikelmus" and "martinmus" - it's sort of a shmushed together pronunciation - like Christmas isn't pronounced Christ-mass, but rather "kris-mus".

[Donna]

Of course, what most of you don't know (who haven't met me or spoken with me on the phone) is that I have a really odd accent - New York City meets London with a slight Midwest twist! So it's pretty funny for me to give advice on how to pronounce things....!!:D

[hipmama67]

Dionne, pronounced De-on.

Donna, if we ever talk on the phone and I start to pick up your accent, know I'm not mocking you... It happens unconsciously and probably stems from when I was 15 and moved from TX to FL. For weeks everyone in school greeted me by saying "Hey, you the new girl from Texas? TALK!" :eek: I think I became so self conscious of my heavy Texas accent that from then on I learned how to pick up others accents fast and blend in!

Dionne (whose been known to use ya'll and you guys almost in the same breath :D )

[Margot]

I do the same (picking up on others' inflections and accents) as Dionne/DEE-on mentions...
I grew up in a military family and lived around the world... and if we weren't living there, we were traveling there. (Except-- never been to the U.S midwest!) 'Course unfortunately many places overseas one learns to quickly tone down the American accent... for safety. (Or adopt a few Eh?s to perhaps blend in as a Canadian)

Warmly,
Margot/Mar-GO

[Grace]

I also unconsciously imitate accents & inflections. I have always thought that this related in some way to my musical abilities. I am also really good at languages. I only speak English fluently, but I pick things up in other languages really quickly and have been told that I have a really good accent in all of them. brag brag brag :rolleyes:

[onecypress]

Oh dear...and here I've been reading it as MAR-go all along! <tee hee!> This has been an enlightening thread!
Cypress

[Margot]

Chuckling
Mar-GO
MAR-go
Tom-ay-to/tom-ah-to
anything is good if the "t" remains silent

Just *not* , for example, MAR-gotttt (as in, *not* prononouncing the T... not rhyming with "bought") I can always tell who are telemarketers: "May I speak to Mar-gought" uh, NO.

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[sajalu]

Oh, Mar-GO. One of my most embarrassing school memories is mispronouncing Margot while reading Anne Frank out loud in 8th grade English. The dreaded Mar-Got. ;)