I'm not sure of that. I think that's just how it's pronounced when adapted to English, not the "original" way from Greek.Ancient Greek pronunciation gets me every time. I just discovered that Euryale's name is supposed to be pronounced as ure[as in "cure" without the "c", or as in Midge Ure]-RY-a-lee, or /jʊəˈraɪəli/ for those who like IPA.
I've always felt that English does weird things to vowels when adapting classical (Latin/Greek) names and words. For example, I've heard English speakers say:
- Zeus pronounced as "zoos", like that E is silent for some reason?
- Uranus as something like "you-ray-noos", instead of "oo-rah-noos".
- The last vowel of Hercules (and others) as "ee", when it's an E, not an I?
- I can't even begin to understand the abomination that is Magi in English. It's unrecognizable from the typical Latin sounds! (But maybe the English one comes from a different source, since many cultures used the word "magi".)
(Which, from my perspective, sounds simpler than whatever English is doing.)
I put "Εὐρυάλη" into Google Translate to hear the pronunciation (in modern Greek, I assume), and they didn't do that "rye" sound.
I'm not sure how to look up this kind of thing, but someone must have studied it.
Statistics: Posted by 745Phoenix — 21 Jul 2024 21:31