Correct Pronunciation
 

I was watching Jeopardy today, and Alycone was part of a question...however, the pronunciation was different from that of what we believe is correct

it was pronounced AL-sigh-IN-EE

just to letcha know

Re: Correct Pronunciation
 

Just to be a pompous grammarian, I popped open a 40 year old Random House Dictionary COLLEGE EDITION! (So it cain't be too dumb)!

Uh... BLKSVX92 & Alex Trebec are pretty close.
Without the ability to reproduce the pronunciation symbols here, I'd say al-SY-a-ney, accent on SY.
Yer welcome - Ron.

hah, thnx Ron, i knew how i put it was wrong..but gets the point across...thnx for the fix

I'm going to call my old Japanese retired co-worker in the next month, he used to work at Subara Japan, as an excecutive. I'll ask him how he would pronounce it in english...mind you his engrish really sucks, but he can write english better that I.

When I tell him I'm buying an SVX, he'll probably have some story's for me. I'll share them after I chat with him.

HA:D

I got this firsthand from our local agent. He just came over here a few months ago. His english is not to good. I was showing him the SVX and he tells me in Japan it is not sold by Subaru it is sold by:

al-SEEownknee

Which as I said what? I realized he was saying "Alycone".

It sounds a lot more Italian than Japanese to me.:)

That is why i started this thread.....which is right?....im going with what i heard, and what Ron found in the good'ol dictionary

Japanese or Italian [Itarion?] sound
 

Japanese are legendary for their love of language, and latch on to what for them are exotic and foreign words. Often with comical effect. Frendlee Bongo anyone?

I am assuming they are taking Alcyone from Italian, the Italian word for Halcyon from the Greek. They love English and Italian words.

So should we use the Italian pronunciation of the word, or should we use what the Japanese might expect to be the correct sound from the spelling?

It's Italian for me, folks, I tend to KISS.

Joe:)

Anyone of Italian blood care to hazard the correct phonetics?:D

Re: Japanese or Italian [Itarion?] sound
 

Hmmmm. I thought it was Latin.


We have a very expensive video camera here at the office. It's an HL- . . . . 350, or somethingorother. One day, when looking through the owner's guide, I found out what the HL stood for. Would you belive "Handy Looky."

If it's on your license plates, you'd best know how to pronounce it

I have ALCYONE on my Maryland plate. Last year I contacted the New York Public Library to have them research it. Within 45 minutes I received a call from the Haydn Planetarium and, later that day, the Columbia University Observatory.

They both had the same pronunciation: el-SIGH-uh-nee

I also checked with Mt. Palomar Observatory when I was in California last summer: same pronunciation.

Japanese librarians?;)

When in Rome do as the Japanese do?

Ron actually pronounces it "Alchy One." :D

I thought it was Al-cone-eeeee. I like that one.:):p

Got this off Atomica
Al·cy·o·ne
1. Greek Mythology. The daughter of Aeolus who, in grief over the death of her husband Ceyx, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher.
2. Greek Mythology. A nymph, one of the Pleiades.
3. Astronomy. The brightest star in the Pleiades, in the constellation Taurus.
I think the standard Subaru badge is supposed to represent the Pleiades, so I guess 3 pertains to us.

Alcyone Wav File

Isn't Trivia cool!
Jim

ALCYONE ????


...........but you can't even pronounce TOMATO correctly


:p :p :p

Re: Japanese or Italian [Itarion?] sound
 

Does this mean the way I've been saying it is correct? It rhymes with "Al Capone". :D