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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: some dread fable Bablakeluke #213528 12/10/2013 1:22 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Just to be contrary I would pronounce it /'injən/ or in curious eye-dialect, unreproducible form "EEN-yun. Goign for a sort of British approximation of Oedipus even though it's probably not from Greek αινος (ainos) 'tale, fable' or αινος (ainos) 'dread, terrible'. [Fixed typo.] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted New name, but why can't people pronounce it? Bablakeluke 12/08/2013 11:21 PM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? Faldage 12/09/2013 3:28 AM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? tsuwm 12/09/2013 4:38 AM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? Faldage 12/09/2013 11:20 AM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? Jackie 12/09/2013 4:49 PM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? olly 12/09/2013 9:54 PM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? LukeJavan8 12/09/2013 11:14 PM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? Faldage 12/10/2013 2:45 AM Re: New name, but why can't people pronounce it? olly 12/10/2013 9:09 AM Re: some dread fable zmjezhd 12/10/2013 1:22 PM Re: some dread fable Bablakeluke 12/10/2013 2:46 PM Re: some dread fable Faldage 12/10/2013 11:29 PM Ainion wsieber 01/08/2014 4:32 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 19 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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