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[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

 How do you pronounce the name Calliope? 

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[weekendpbs.livejournal.com]

Kuh-LIE-oh-pee

[weekendpbs.livejournal.com]

sorry it took me a few tried to get what I wanted; not used to writing in phonetic spelling. :)

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

okay, that sounds better. I was thinking "Cal-ee-ope" lol

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

are you pronouncing LIE like the word lie?

[weekendpbs.livejournal.com]

yes

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

yup ditto this!

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Cal-lie-oh-pee

[lovetokate.livejournal.com]

Ca-LIE-o-pee

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

Follows the same rules as Penelope. Or my user name. :)

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Kuh-LIE-oh-pee.

And I love it.

[calliope1975.livejournal.com]

I'm a fan of the name. :)

[open0heart.livejournal.com]

I don't like it. Sounds weird.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I have always wondered this... and always feel like saing either antillope or cannolli..

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Here in Italy it's Cahl-LEE-oh-pay

[lilith-gypsy.livejournal.com]

i like this much better to kahl-lie-o-pee, much softer to say.

[breenah.livejournal.com]

I thought it was Callie-ope. Rhymes with hope.
I don't like it the way it's supposed to be pronounced.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

cal ee oh pee
though, i'm not sure about the second syllable. it may be a long "i" sound...

[mytinyocean.livejournal.com]

kuh-lye-oh-pee