This is commonly known as a 'calliope', pronounced kal'ee-oap My family of heavy readers enjoys finding them, and the memories of arguing with teachers about t

This is commonly known as a 'calliope', pronounced kal'ee-oap My family of heavy readers enjoys finding them, and the memories of arguing with teachers about the 'proper' pronunciations. And sometimes realizing that teachers had their own regional pronunciations they wanted to impose (days of the week as Sundee Mondee...)