Apolyton pronounciation

[Jamski]

I don't know if I spelt that right.

Anyway, what is the correct pronuciation of "Apolyton"?

I always thought it was Ah-Poll-Eee-Ton, or perhaps Ay-Poll-Eee-Ton.

DanQ says it Ap-Poh-Lay-Ton.

So who's right, or does anyone have a better suggestion.

This is really bugging me now.

-Jam

[DrSpike]

There was a thread on this a couple of months back. I say it A-po-ly-ton, but I think the correct pronunciation was Apo-lee-ton, though there were so many different phonetic versions flying around that may not be the right one.

[Rasbelin]

I usually say A-C-S or Po-ly. However I would pronounce Apolyton Greek as the word is Greek. Only problem is that I don't speak Greek. In English... Hmm... I think I would say it as Dan as he's the authority and tells us how to pronounce it on ACSR.

Dan,

could you bring up the issue in the next ACSR broadcast so that we get to hear the Truth(tm)?

[Jamski]

Do you pronouce the "ly" as lie, lee or lay? Where do you put the stress(es). Is the first "A" an "aah" or an "ah" or an "ayi" ?



-Jam

[Rasbelin]

I pronounce it "lie", which I assume is more correct, plus I stress at "ayi."

[Rasbelin]

Should I record it so that it's easier to understand what I mean?

[Locutus]

Well, my Greek isn't too good but if I'm not mistaken it should be Ah-poll-ea-ton (ea as in beat). So yeah, WoA, I basically agree with you. I've always referred to the DanQ's pronounciation as 'the DanQ version'

(It may help English speakers to replace the 'y' with an 'i' and to approach it as a Spanish word, as Greek is a lot more similar to Spanish than to English (in pronouncation, anyway)).

But I guess there will always be arguments on this issue until someone buys Markos a microphone

[Jamski]

Sure.

-Jam

[Locutus]

Ras,
DanQ already addressed the issue several years ago:

http://apolyton.net/about/intro.shtml

But I for one still disagree, stubborn bastard that I am

[Dauphin]

Slow day eh WoA?

[Locutus]

Here's how a Greek pronounces the Greek word 'poli' (meaning 'much'). Of course, that's not necessarily the same as Apolyton, but I don't think the difference is huge (but I must admit my knowledge on Greek pronounciation is rather limited).

Source: http://egnatia.ee.auth.gr/~iaeste/english/english.htm

[Jamski]

Actually I was telling a friend about 'poly, and I said "Apolyton" and he said, write it down, so I did, and he read it and said "Oh - Appolayton, and I said "That's wrong, that is", so I posted here.

Oh - and I lost my job on Monday, so yeah pretty slow, thanks for asking

-Jam

[Edit -Thanks, but the wav. doesn't download]

[2nd Edit - Got it from the link - that's how I say "poly"]

[Rasbelin]

Originally posted by War of Art
Sure.

-Jam

Sure to my or Loc's message?

Loc,

that record sure is hilarious. Especially when Dan's voice booms when he tries to pronounce it correctly.

[Jamski]

That was "Sure - you should record it" I'll have to listen to DanQ getting it wrong, for a comparison.

-Jam

[Rasbelin]

My favourite version for some reason is...

Ape-o-lay-ton