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The truth, I swear!
I once met a seminary student who legally changed his name.
His new name was pronounced OG-ree POE-bee because he had
liked the (supposed) sounds of these words he'd seen in a
book: ogre, and phoebe.
That was in the late 60's, and I can't help wondering if he
ever changed it to something less hippie-like.
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After I presented my undergraduate honors thesis, a famous astronomer was kind enough to tell me that "ephemerides" is pronounced "eh-phem-ER-i-deez", not "eh-PHEM-er-ides." I'd used the word about a million times in my presentation, and I can still picture him wincing each time.
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My Economics lecturer introduced us to the great philosopher Dez-cart-eez. I'll leave it to you to work it out.
In school I remember a religion class where I pronounced 'celibacy' to rhyme with Shirley Bassey. I still get a red face when I think of it!
And there was a colleague of mine whom I met for the first time over the phone. I asked him politely. 'who's calling?'. He replied - ' no memory?'. I said, 'no, I don't'. His name was Noel Memery.
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Anna
Its a bit of thespian thing, never to utter the words of the Scottish play (in a theatre, anyway) otherwise calamitous things will happen. Hamlet on the other hand, no problem!
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>Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene v
Thank you (for your materially significant correction) and "Palabras neighbour Tsuwm".
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>"Persephone" was some sort of communication instrument at first glance! Never could quite master Greek mythology ..
Didn't she marry the famous Greek God "Ansaphone"?
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Ho, ho, ho jmh. I'm sure we can drag that old chestnut on for a while.
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>>Didn't she marry the famous Greek God "Ansaphone"?<<
Can't remember, Jo, but it does, like Quasimodo, ring a bell...
:o)
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>Didn't she marry the famous Greek God "Ansaphone"?<
I thought his name was Telaphone.
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> I thought his name was Telaphone. Yes, his family was from Alabama. Surely you've heard of the famous Mobile phones? 
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