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Hm bike shedding, but "thoth" is a horrible name for anyone who isn't a proficient English speaker. I honestly can't pronounce it
by dgan 5y ago
Hm bike shedding, but "thoth" is a horrible name for anyone who isn't a proficient English speaker. I honestly can't pronounce it
- marginalia_nu 5y agoThoth is the name of an Egyptian god, not really an English word.
- danudey 5y agoSo it's a horrible name for anyone who isn't a proficient Ancient Egyptian speaker.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoI guess we should have them write it on a stele next to its greek equivalent.
- geofft 5y agoIt's the English spelling of the Greek name for an Egyptian god: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth The actual Egyptian pronunciation, as best as we can reconstruct it, uses sounds that didn't exist in either ancient Greek or even Coptic, and don't quite exist in modern English either. I think you'd be entirely justified using another sound if your language doesn't have English "th".
- kortex 5y agoThoth, /θoƱθ/, rhymes with oath. Not sure if /oƱ/ renders here, it's the near-close back rounded vowel or "horseshoe". Normally yes, /θ/, the dental fricative (commonly "th" in English) is uncommon as far as language sounds goes, and particularly tricky to voice if it's not in phonemic inventory. But in this case, /toet/ or /toƱt/, "tote", like the container, rhymes with goat, is also an acceptable pronunciation.
- jiggunjer 5y agoI always pronounced it rhyming with cloth.