Correct pronunciation of Chimera?

[Lord Ravinous]

Apologies if this has been asked before...but what is the correct way to pronounce Chimera?

We fought one last night (and took it down fairly easily and quickly much to the DM's dismay...bwhahahahaha....*ahem*...sorry...) and during the course of the combat we all must have pronounced it at least 6 or 7 different ways.

Does anyone know the correct one?

Thank you!
Sheri

Ok, this is kinda related (and I'm not being a smartass or anything), but I'd really like to know how to pronounce your name Djeta. I think it sounds pretty, but I'm likely saying it wrong.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

Ok, this is kinda related (and I'm not being a smartass or anything), but I'd really like to know how to pronounce your name Djeta. I think it sounds pretty, but I'm likely saying it wrong.

Thank you all for the help

Lord Ravinous - Djeta is pronounced Jay-ta. There is an ever so slight "d" in front of it which is really hard to explain in writing.

 

[Lord Ravinous]

Thank you all for the help

Lord Ravinous - Djeta is pronounced Jay-ta. There is an ever so slight "d" in front of it which is really hard to explain in writing.

Okie dokie, thx, thats close to the way I had it

 

[mmadsen]

Yep, initial C is usually a hard K sound in Greek. "Centaur", for example, really ought to be pronounced "KEN-tar", but most Americans say "SEN-tar", taking their cue from words like "century".

There is no C in the Greek alphabet. When Romans transcribed Greek into the Latin alphabet, they used the letter C for the Greek kappa (K) -- because, in classical Latin, the C is pronounced as a hard C (or K), even before E or I.

 

[Lord Ravinous]

There is no C in the Greek alphabet. When Romans transcribed Greek into the Latin alphabet, they used the letter C for the Greek kappa (K) -- because, in classical Latin, the C is pronounced as a hard C (or K), even before E or I.

"Well ats' a great weight off me mind. Now, would mind tellin' us who the #$%@ you are?...apart from someone who feeds people ta' pigs ofcourse!!" -Vinnie (Snatch)

EDIT: mmadsen, just wanted to let you know that I'm giving you a hard time, lol. Nothing personal in there.

 

[tarchon]

Yep, initial C is usually a hard K sound in Greek. "Centaur", for example, really ought to be pronounced "KEN-tar", but most Americans say "SEN-tar", taking their cue from words like "century".

"Ch" represents a whole different letter from "c" in Greek derivatives. In Classical Greek it (chi - χ ) was probably an aspirated palatal stop, quite similar to the somewhat aspirated initial \k\ in most English dialects, but it's usually a fricative in later dialects. Most Americans say "Sentaur" and "Sentury" because they speak English, not Greek or Latin.

 

[mmadsen]

"Ch" represents a whole different letter from "c" in Greek derivatives.

You beat me to it, tarchon. The Greek chi (which looks like a Latin X) gets transcribed as ch -- but it sounds like a c (or k) and an h, not like ch in English.

Most Americans say "Sentaur" and "Sentury" because they speak English, not Greek or Latin.

I think "Caesar" is a great example of English pronunciation diverging from the original Latin. We say seizer -- but the original Latin was closer to the modern German version of the word: Kaiser. (The Russians, of course, turned Caesar/Kaiser into tsar or czar.)

 

[tarchon]

You beat me to it, tarchon. The Greek chi (which looks like a Latin X) gets transcribed as ch -- but it sounds like a c (or k) and an h, not like ch in English.

I think "Caesar" is a great example of English pronunciation diverging from the original Latin. We say seizer -- but the original Latin was closer to the modern German version of the word: Kaiser. (The Russians, of course, turned Caesar/Kaiser into tsar or czar.)

Yeah, well it's hard for me to forget the big chi in my username,
ταρχων.
Even the Latin diverged from the original Latin - it was more like "chessar" in the Late Empire.

 

[OnCider]

There is no C in the Greek alphabet. When Romans transcribed Greek into the Latin alphabet, they used the letter C for the Greek kappa (K) -- because, in classical Latin, the C is pronounced as a hard C (or K), even before E or I.

Indeed, and also the letter v should be pronounced as a w which makes the famous "I came, I saw, I conquered" into "weni widi wiki"

 

[hong]

"weni widi wiki"

Th-th-th-th-that's all, folks!