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POLL: Aesop--as in fables--how do YOU say his name?


How do you pronounce "Aesop"?  

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  1. 1. How do you pronounce "Aesop"?



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From http://www.aesopandtheceo.com/pages/funfaq.html:

 

The Merriam Webster, American Heritage, and Webster's New World College dictionaries show Aesop pronounced with a long e. The Romans adopted many of the Greek's stories, customs and gods when the cultures came into contact with one another around 500 BC. The Romans took Aesop's fables and updated them using the names of their own gods in lieu of the Greek names. Thus, the Greek god, Zeus, became Jupiter, Hermes became Mercury, Athena became Minerva, and so on. In Latin, the two vowels ae are pronounced as long e.

 

Actually, in classical Latin, "ae" is pronounced like long i ("eye" or "aye"). I'm not sure about ecclesiastical Latin, since that's not the pronunciation we use in our homeschool.

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