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Re: How best to pronounce Eratosthenes?
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2015 Aug 26, 05:25 -0700
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2015 Aug 26, 05:25 -0700
Hi Dave,
I might have to refer to Eratosthenes in a couple of weeks time, and I’m wondering how best to recall the name and how best to pronounce it without tying a knot in my tongue or revealing an almost total ignorance of the Classics. Would I be far wrong if I simply said Eratos The Knees very quickly? Dave
Google gives some pronunciation links here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+eratosthenes&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
https://www.google.com/search?q=pronounce+eratosthenes&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
The first one on the link below gives the pronunciation from a Greek person---different cadence and emphasis---but suitable only for presentations in Greek I guess:
http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/eratosthenes
http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/eratosthenes
The name is pronounced a few seconds into this charming introductory video on geodesy (not sure where I saw this---might have been NavList):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ramawc3uKgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ramawc3uKgM
Cheers,
Peter
