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[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Calliope?

I'm looking for more than "I like it" or "I hate it." Like, do you know how to pronounce it? Do you think it's too weird? Do you like the sound? Do you have any further thoughts?

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Cah-LIE-oh-pee.

[kwpdb8.livejournal.com]

no...Cah-LEE-oh-pee.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Not in British English.

Nor according to here (http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=calliope), here (http://www.musespeak.com/Meet_Musespeak.htm), here (http://www.bendermelodies.com/calliope_history.htm), here (http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001103), nor the OED.

Nor my sister-in-lsw's sister Cally-short-for-Calliope, who I would think knows how to pronounce her own name even if she doesn't use it much.

The original Greek would be cah-lee-OH-pay, circus argot has it as cally-ope, but 'cah-LEE-oh-pee' is neither fish nor fowl.

[serendipitous13.livejournal.com]

I've NEVER heard it pronounced that way.

[last-summer.livejournal.com]

I've never heard it that way either. I've always heard it pronounced Cah-LIE-oh-pee as well.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

that's how I say it.