09-05-2003 00:11									#31
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I always pronounce it in danish:

a-po-ly-ton

... there's no 'h' in the first part... and 'ly' is diffecult to write in other languages, since nobody pronounces 'y' as we do...

	09-05-2003 00:27									#32
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I say A-po-lü-ton, with the u-umlaut being something between u (oo in english) and i (ee in english). The emphasis written bold.

	09-05-2003 00:36									#33
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Where's Marko? He's the one that'll actually know the correct version.

-Jam

	09-05-2003 01:00									#34
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I believe that Ras has it correct at the beggining of his MP3 .

Markos is just enjoying looking at us fools trying to get it right.

	09-05-2003 01:04									#35
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I don't think that Markos has ever since the inception of the name posted on this issue at all, so Solver is probably right

	09-05-2003 01:19									#36
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I pronounce it like Sir Ralph.

	09-05-2003 02:14									#37
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I pronounce it pretty much like Alexnm: uh-PAH-lee-tahn.

	09-05-2003 02:35									#38
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quote: Originally posted by Solver I believe that Ras has it correct at the beggining of his MP3.

Rasbelin - the one and only Apolytoner that has been witnessed to say Apolyton correctly.

	09-05-2003 04:59									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Rasbelin Rasbelin - the one and only Apolytoner that has been witnessed to say Apolyton correctly.

Technically, it was your Text-to-Speech program that said it

	09-05-2003 09:44									#40
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I just say Uh-Poll-Uh-Tun.

It's difficult to say A-Poll-ee-tonn when you're stuck halfway between a London and a Kiwi accent

	09-05-2003 10:45									#41
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Ras

	09-05-2003 14:05									#42
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Personally I pronounce it:
Ah-Poll-LEE-Ton

Perhaps our ÜberGreek may help us out of this. It's always good to have a native speaker at hand.
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	10-05-2003 03:08									#43
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ah POL li ton

	10-05-2003 03:32									#44
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I think there are only 2 or 3 ways that people say it..............it's just everyone has there own phonetic way of typing it.

	10-05-2003 04:00									#45
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Listen to Rasbelin; the Voice of Russ... Apolyton.

	10-05-2003 04:06									#46
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I say A-på-ly-tån, but that's just the Norwegian in me I guess... (btw, å is said about like God )

	10-05-2003 04:11									#47
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Actually my pronounciation depends on which language I use for saying it. In Finnish my pronounciation is the same is with the other Finns and in Swedish it's like you, Nikolai, except with a softer pitch. In English you already heard me saying it.

	10-05-2003 04:14									#48
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quote: (ton is a nasal sound in French, I can think of no equivalent in other languages I know)

What isn't a nasal sound in French?

	10-05-2003 04:16									#49
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oh, and for the record, uh PAUL i tin

	10-05-2003 04:26									#50
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There doesn't seem to be any font that has special pronunciation characters like the schwa, since I don't see any of the online dictionaries using them.

I say uh-pol’-ih-tun.

I'm guess that's what Obiwan is saying. See? Canadians aren't not all bad.

	10-05-2003 05:30									#51
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quote: Originally posted by DrSpike I think there are only 2 or 3 ways that people say it..............it's just everyone has there own phonetic way of typing it.

Indeed. Last year I was on a trip to Malaysia. There, our guide had just broken her tongue in an attempt to pronounce some of our names (we were all Dutch and most of us had typically Dutch names) and she was talking about her mother tongue, Bahasia Indonesia (sp?): "It's a very simple language: contrary to most languages, we pronounce words exactly as we write them."

After which the whole bus replied: "So do we!"

	10-05-2003 07:19									#52
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quote: Originally posted by War of Art 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

A-poll-eh-ton is the proper pronunciation of Apolyton. Ah-poll-eye-ton is Canadian slang...

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Dan; Apolyton CS

P.S. Listen to an 'in-house' broadcast on Apolyton Civilization Site Radio for an audio clip of this -- e.g. go to the ~5m:22s mark on the current 'Thursday' broadcast for "ACSR Daily".

	10-05-2003 09:26									#53
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It sounds like you say "Uh-Poll-Tonn"

	10-05-2003 12:05									#54
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Uhhhh Poly Tahn

	10-05-2003 12:37									#55
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Uh-pawl-it-n

	10-05-2003 12:59									#56
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quote: Originally posted by DanQ A-poll-eh-ton is the proper pronunciation of Apolyton. Ah-poll-eye-ton is Canadian slang... ---------------- Dan; Apolyton CS

I pronounced it wrong for many years

	10-05-2003 17:30									#57
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quote: Originally posted by DanQ A-poll-eh-ton is the proper pronunciation of Apolyton.

I was right, then. Good to know.

	10-05-2003 17:35									#58
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So I was wrong?

	10-05-2003 18:02									#59
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Looks like it Ras. Thanks Dan

-Jam

	10-05-2003 22:50									#60
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quote: Originally posted by obiwan18 ah POL li ton

I agree with this... DOWN WITH DANQ