Originally by: Xantia Gedur

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It's actually pronounced "schim-i-tar"

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Originally by: Xantia Gedur

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It's actually pronounced "schim-i-tar"

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Originally by: Xantia Gedur

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That dictionary site is american.

It's actually pronounced: "schim-i-tar", the 'h' is very very quiet but is there in the spoken word.

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Originally by: Petter Sandstad

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A few other mispronounced ship-names:

Deimos: It is ancient greek, where "ei" is pronounced as "ee". i.e. it should be pronounced "Dee-mos".
Cerberus: This is latin, where every "c" are pronounced as a "k". i.e. it should be pronounced "Kerberus".

Await any updates when I remember any other mispronounced ships-names.

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Originally by: Acidictadpole

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Edited by: Acidictadpole on 02/09/2007 20:00:11
Cerberus{sur'-bur-uhs}Greek

The word is originally greek, Kerberos, but it infact pronounced as an 'S'.

sry

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Originally by: Petter Sandstad

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Originally by: Acidictadpole

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Edited by: Acidictadpole on 02/09/2007 20:00:11
Cerberus{sur'-bur-uhs}Greek

The word is originally greek, Kerberos, but it infact pronounced as an 'S'.

sry

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The form used in EVE is the latin form.

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Originally by: Xantia Gedur

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That dictionary site is american.

It's actually pronounced: "schim-i-tar", the 'h' is very very quiet but is there in the spoken word.

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Originally by: Xantia Gedur

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It's actually pronounced "schim-i-tar"

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Originally by: Angelik'a

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And Deimos - in most modern languages it would probably pronounced "Die-moss" as the ei sound usually makes an "i" and ie makes for an "e" sound (not in all languages, but the few that I speak

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Originally by: Ynno

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Ceberus may be from Greek mythology and have come through Latin but regardless it is now a word in the English language and as is the case for many words is pronounced differently to the way it is in its original tongue. The only listing for pronunciation in the OED is 'sə:bərəs.

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Originally by: ElCoCo

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You realy shouldn't care so much.

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The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy.

Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.

By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by " v".

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst place....

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Originally by: Petter Sandstad

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A few other mispronounced ship-names:

Deimos: It is ancient greek, where "ei" is pronounced as "ee". i.e. it should be pronounced "Dee-mos".
Cerberus: This is latin, where every "c" are pronounced as a "k". i.e. it should be pronounced "Kerberus".

Await any updates when I remember any other mispronounced ships-names.

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Originally by: Angelik'a

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Originally by: Xantia Gedur

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It's actually pronounced "schim-i-tar"

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And Deimos - in most modern languages it would probably pronounced "Die-moss" as the ei sound usually makes an "i" and ie makes for an "e" sound (not in all languages, but the few that I speak

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Originally by: Va'sa'ri kofa

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The "c" is pronounced as a "k" if its before "a", "o", u" and consonants ; every other cases "c" pronounced as a "c".
In latin.

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Originally by: Petter Sandstad

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Edited by: Petter Sandstad on 02/09/2007 22:16:16
Edited by: Petter Sandstad on 02/09/2007 22:15:52

Originally by: Va'sa'ri kofa

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The "c" is pronounced as a "k" if its before "a", "o", u" and consonants ; every other cases "c" pronounced as a "c".
In latin.

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That does not apply for Classical latin. There every "c" is always with no exception pronounced as "k".
What you have written applies for both Ecclesiastical latin and anglo-latin. But as the texts containing the mythical creature are from the classical period, classical latin is what applies.

So it is pronounced as Kerberus, Julius Kµisar, Kikero, etc. for anything from the classical period (or should be pronounced like that atleast.

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Scimitar IPA: [ˈsɪmɪtɑː(ɹ)]
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Etymology
The word "scimitar", known in English since 1548, derived from Medieval French cimeterre (15c.) or directly from Italian scimitarra, of unknown origin. Ottoman Turkish would be the expected source, but no such word has been found there. The probable origin of scimitar is from the Persian shim- or shamshir (said to be derived from Middle Persian "shafshēr" meaning; "lion's claw" (sham = claw, shir = lion) ùin reference to the sword's curveùbut this is presumably a folk etymology, as the word is already attested in Middle persian with the meaning "sword.").

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Originally by: Acidictadpole

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Edited by: Acidictadpole on 02/09/2007 20:00:11

Originally by: Petter Sandstad

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A few other mispronounced ship-names:

Deimos: It is ancient greek, where "ei" is pronounced as "ee". i.e. it should be pronounced "Dee-mos".
Cerberus: This is latin, where every "c" are pronounced as a "k". i.e. it should be pronounced "Kerberus".

Await any updates when I remember any other mispronounced ships-names.

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Cerberus{sur'-bur-uhs}Greek

The word is originally greek, Kerberos, but it infact pronounced as an 'S'.

sry

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Originally by: Nanus Parkite

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Most English (subject not nationality) students I know would say that it's pronounced however people want to pronounce it and what it says in the dictionary means squat.

Then again most English students I know probably go a bit faint when presented with a problem that has a right answer

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Originally by: CCP Prism X

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There's no such thing as playing too much EvE!
You all obviously need more accounts!

Originally by: Mister Spanky

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Also An-ath-em-a and not "Ana-theema".

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Originally by: Petter Sandstad

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The form used in EVE is the latin form.

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