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What is the correct pronunciation of tiresias?
by sixothree 5y ago
What is the correct pronunciation of tiresias?
- cgio 5y agoTea-re-sea-ass
- StavrosK 5y agoThis is correct for the Greek pronunciation, though "re" should be read with a short "e", which is impossible in English, so "ray" is more accurate. The English is /taɪˈriːsiəs/, as above, I guess. Tea-ray-SEA-ass
- def_true_false 5y agoIsn't /taɪ/ supposed to sound like tie and /ti/ like tea? And the short e would be /ɛ/, as in check, bet or ten? Perhaps I'm missing something, my English pronunciation is pretty inconsistent.
- StavrosK 5y agoYes, that is exactly right. The IPA was meant to be how it's pronounced in English, the phonetic is how it's pronounced in Greek, except the e is as you say.
- thih9 5y agoI guess it's the same as in Tiresias (/taɪˈriːsiəs/) [1], the blind prophet from Greek mythology. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias