08-05-2003 16:06									#1
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I don't know if I spelt that right.

Anyway, what is the correct pronuciation of "Apolyton"?

I always thought it was Ah-Poll-Eee-Ton, or perhaps Ay-Poll-Eee-Ton.

DanQ says it Ap-Poh-Lay-Ton.

So who's right, or does anyone have a better suggestion.

This is really bugging me now.

-Jam

	08-05-2003 16:08									#2
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There was a thread on this a couple of months back. I say it A-po-ly-ton, but I think the correct pronunciation was Apo-lee-ton, though there were so many different phonetic versions flying around that may not be the right one.

	08-05-2003 16:16									#3
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I usually say A-C-S or Po-ly. However I would pronounce Apolyton Greek as the word is Greek. Only problem is that I don't speak Greek. In English... Hmm... I think I would say it as Dan as he's the authority and tells us how to pronounce it on ACSR.

Dan,

could you bring up the issue in the next ACSR broadcast so that we get to hear the Truth(tm)?

	08-05-2003 16:19									#4
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Do you pronouce the "ly" as lie, lee or lay? Where do you put the stress(es). Is the first "A" an "aah" or an "ah" or an "ayi" ?



-Jam

	08-05-2003 16:32									#5
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I pronounce it "lie", which I assume is more correct, plus I stress at "ayi."

	08-05-2003 16:36									#6
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Should I record it so that it's easier to understand what I mean?

	08-05-2003 16:42									#7
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Well, my Greek isn't too good but if I'm not mistaken it should be Ah-poll-ea-ton (ea as in beat). So yeah, WoA, I basically agree with you. I've always referred to the DanQ's pronounciation as 'the DanQ version'

(It may help English speakers to replace the 'y' with an 'i' and to approach it as a Spanish word, as Greek is a lot more similar to Spanish than to English (in pronouncation, anyway)).

But I guess there will always be arguments on this issue until someone buys Markos a microphone

	08-05-2003 16:42									#8
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Sure.

-Jam

	08-05-2003 16:43									#9
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Ras,
DanQ already addressed the issue several years ago:

http://apolyton.net/about/intro.shtml

But I for one still disagree, stubborn bastard that I am

Last edited by Locutus on 08-05-2003 at 16:51

	08-05-2003 16:44									#10
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Slow day eh WoA?

	08-05-2003 16:50									#11
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Here's how a Greek pronounces the Greek word 'poli' (meaning 'much'). Of course, that's not necessarily the same as Apolyton, but I don't think the difference is huge (but I must admit my knowledge on Greek pronounciation is rather limited).

Source: http://egnatia.ee.auth.gr/~iaeste/english/english.htm

Attachment: much.wav
This has been downloaded 19 time(s).

	08-05-2003 16:51									#12
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Actually I was telling a friend about 'poly, and I said "Apolyton" and he said, write it down, so I did, and he read it and said "Oh - Appolayton, and I said "That's wrong, that is", so I posted here.

Oh - and I lost my job on Monday, so yeah pretty slow, thanks for asking

-Jam

[Edit -Thanks, but the wav. doesn't download]

[2nd Edit - Got it from the link - that's how I say "poly"]

	08-05-2003 16:54									#13
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quote: Originally posted by War of Art Sure. -Jam

Sure to my or Loc's message?

Loc,

that record sure is hilarious. Especially when Dan's voice booms when he tries to pronounce it correctly.

	08-05-2003 16:57									#14
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That was "Sure - you should record it" I'll have to listen to DanQ getting it wrong, for a comparison.

-Jam

	08-05-2003 16:58									#15
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My favourite version for some reason is...

Ape-o-lay-ton

	08-05-2003 16:58									#16
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Odd, WoA, works fine for me and Ras

Ras,
Yeah, it does seem a little off, doesn't it? But it's the closest thing I could find...

But all credit to DanQ: he once had to pronounce my real name (Wouter Snijders) during an ACSR broadcast and did so flawlessly I don't know many English speakers who can do that without me having to explain it first (and I know a good number of English speakers IRL)

Edit: IIRC it was Ming who pronounces it Appleton -- that's got to be my favourite

	08-05-2003 17:01									#17
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Funnily enough, I have never had any occasion to say the word out loud.

If pressed, however, I suppose I would pronounce if A-pol-uh-tun.

Last edited by FrustratedPoet on 08-05-2003 at 17:26

	08-05-2003 17:02									#18
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I've got it now. It was just Mozilla getting together with Norton to be a pair off arses. Thanks

Ape-Oh-Lay-Ton is just sooo wrong for me.

-Jam

	08-05-2003 17:10									#19
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FP,
Your SO never asks about your online activities?

	08-05-2003 17:16									#20
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I hope this is somewhat okay as I know I sound awful. I first pronounced the full name with the Greek pronounciation Dan mentions and then with the normal pronounciation I use when speaking of Poly (however I usually only say Apolyton).

http://www.rasbey.com/audio/apolyton.mp3 186 KB

	08-05-2003 17:21									#21
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The way it appears in my head is exactly the way you say it first. I must have a flair for language.

	08-05-2003 17:24									#22
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Thanks Rasby. The first one is how I say it too. Is this official? We need Marko to hear your mp3 to confirm it, I suppose.

-Jam

	08-05-2003 17:24									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus FP, Your SO never asks about your online activities?

Yeah, but she just calls it "that stupid site", which I find much easier to pronounce.

	08-05-2003 17:27									#24
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Maybe that's because how DanQ always pronounces it?

The 2nd one sounds like what DanQ calls the 'Canadian/American version'. That's even further off from how I pronounce it...

FP:

	08-05-2003 17:28									#25
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I say it in French, the way it is written.
In English, that would look like Ah-Poll-ea-ton (ton is a nasal sound in French, I can think of no equivalent in other languages I know)

	08-05-2003 17:28									#26
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Yeah, after listening to Rasbey's mp3 I can say that I use the first version too. That's exactly what my odd phonetic example was supposed to be in my previous post.

	08-05-2003 17:32									#27
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I think I have to fix my usual pronounciation to the firts one.

	08-05-2003 17:32									#28
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There's a clear European consensus on the issue then

-Jam

	08-05-2003 18:40									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Locutus Edit: IIRC it was Ming who pronounces it Appleton -- that's got to be my favourite

I do the same. When the site first started, we didn't know the right pronunciation, and since we actually discussed the site face to face, that's what we used, and it seems to have stuck with us despite attempts by others to correct it. When discussing it on ICQ chat with other posters, I'll use Poly to avoid taking abuse about calling it APPLETON.

RAH

	08-05-2003 18:43									#30
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Ah-po-lee-ton.

the "o" in "po" sounds like the "o" in "God".

That's how I pronounce it. In portuguese, the emphasis is naturally on the "po". A-po-lee-ton