How do you pronounce 'Anathema'?

[Jimborg]

Is it (an-ah-THEME-ah) or (an-ATH-men-ah)?

 

[Persell]

uh-nath-uh-muh

 

[Flagg]

(an-ATH-men-ah)?

Anathmena?


Are you asking how to correctly pronounce it, or just wondering how other people say it?

 

[HowlingCoyote]

Is it (an-ah-THEME-ah) or (an-ATH-men-ah)?

Neither.


I pronounce it 'an-ATH-uh-muh.'


Meanwhile, 'an-ah-THEME-ah' bothers me on so many levels. It's like saying 'welding' when you mean 'wielding', as in "I dual-weld short daiklaves". Grrr. Bothers me like fingernails on a chalkboard.

 

[Flagg]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anathema


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[Thanqol]

You can pronounce it however you want, so long as it's screamed at the top of your lungs and infused with hate.

 

[Jimborg]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anathema
Click the little speaker icon and become informed.

Groovy, thanks.

You can pronounce it however you want, so long as it's screamed at the top of your lungs and infused with hate.

"FOR THE EMPRESS!!"


Whoops, mixed my games for there for a second

 

[Joni-san]

No matter what forum I visit, threads like these always make me happier about being Finnish.

 

[Greenstalker]

No matter what forum I visit' date=' threads like these always make me happier about being Finnish.[/quote']
same but Turkish

 

[Malekith]

There are no questions on how to pronounce some little used words in either Finnish or Turkish? Are there different dialects of either?

 

[Greenstalker]

There are no questions on how to pronounce some little used words in either Finnish or Turkish? Are there different dialects of either?

I don't know finnish but there isn't any questions about pronounce in turkish. Each syllable must have one vowel, each vowel has one distinct pronounce and it won't change in any circumstances other than how long it has been read. So a is always read as 'a' even if it is in a word like 'kaya', 'ambulans' or 'anket'


For consonants each one has a distinct pronounce on its own and they usually used before or after vowels and it makes one syllable on its own. For example from previous words 'kaya' has two syllable 'ka'+'ya', 'ambulans' has 'am'+'bu'+'lans'(four letter syllables are rare and probably adaptation from other languages) 'anket' has 'an'+'ket'.


Since all vowels have a dinstinct sound and doesn't change based on what comes before or after them only consonants pronounce may change depending on vowel but it does not change depending on other syllables. so 'ka' syllable in 'kaya' pronounce same as in 'bıkar' or in 'pikap' or any 'ka' in any word or even in any syllables that contain 'ka' like 'kar' or 'kap'. So baiscly it is syllables which are important when pronounce not words and since there is finite number of syllables, there isn't any question on how a word is pronounced no matter how much little that word is used or even if it is adapted from another language. Usually it is just written with syllables how it is sounded, in some cases it is pronounced how it is written.


Ofcourse there are exceptions but all exceptions are words adapted from other languages.

 

[wordman]

Of course there are exceptions but all exceptions are words adapted from other languages.

Yeah, English is much the same.
It's just that nearly every word in English is adapted from other languages.

 

[Chaka]

The Great Vowel Shift has a lot to answer for.


Old English is so pretty...

 

[Heaven's Thunder Hammer]

Of course there are exceptions but all exceptions are words adapted from other languages.

Yeah, English is much the same.
It's just that nearly every word in English is adapted from other languages.

Yeah I agree. So you're saying all Turks still sound the same from all over Turkey when they speak turkish?


I have to add: I think regional accents also affect the preferred pronunciation of many words. Process vs Prawcess.

 

[Crowbar]

I pronounce it 'an-ETH-eh-ma', but according to Webster's that's wroooooong.

 

[Courteous Mongoose]

an-ATH-uh-muh