why’s it so hard 😭
PO - TO - LEMMY
I think Joey would be much closer to the right pronunciation in this case.
I’m pretty sure ancient Greek didn’t have any concept of a “Silent Pi”. That leading “p” sound is supposed to be said.
It might be really hard for a native English speaker to say those two consonants together, but that doesn’t mean Joey is wrong for trying.
… although, I guess any pronunciation will be wrong because the actual name was “Πτολεμαίος”, so if you wanted a correct transliteration you would have to use “Ptolemaious”
Regardless, Joey is still closer to the correct pronunciation.
Πτολεμαίος
You can put it in google translate to hear a modern greek version of it. The P sound is there but nearly silent.
https://translate.google.com/?sl=el&tl=en&text=Πτολεμαίος&op=translate
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@lvxferre @procrastitron As it happens, “Ptolemaois” is how the name is written in at least German, Swedish and Finnish, so speakers of those languages (Swedish and Finnish myself) likely pronounce it most correctly?
Never really understood why English insists of weirdly dropping the final bits of Greek and Latin names (“Plutarch” vs “Plutarkhos”, “Justinian” vs “Justinianus” etc)
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@lvxferre No need to be sorry, lovely and very readable write-up. Quality content!
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Sorry for the wall of text
It was enlightening, thank you 🍻
And they probably call it a Puhteradactyl
If you wanted me to pronounce it that way, you should have spelled it that way.
Any it’s the last frame an entirely different pronunciation?
I’m with Joey.
Tow luh mee
That’s why I say helicotter.
I raise you “gb”.
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Just say it without the p
Dollamee?
