Contextless nitpickery unrelated to work

[james_davis_nicoll]

But I think that even though the same letters are involved, the Greek god of War probably prefers to be refered to as Ares and not Arse.

Points for consistency throughout the document, though.

Comments

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

My daughter has a friend in school named Ares. I'd always pronounced it "air-ease," but he pronounces his names "are-ess," as is it were initials (RS). It's made me wonder which version is correct.

[sciamanna.livejournal.com]

Well, Greekly speaking, AR-ess would be correct. Your pronunciation sounds like it could be tha standard English version, don't know as I'm Italian myself. After many years in an English-speaking country with a high percentage of Gaelic names, my policy in general is to consider correct whatever pronunciation the name's victim chooses :-)

[cogitationitis.livejournal.com]

They're Hispanic, so it follows they'd use your Italian pronounciation.

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

I have a friend, an American of Chinese descent, who has admitted that she can't quite pronounce her own name properly.

And my last name -- TenEyck -- is Dutch, but I have absolutely no idea whether I'm pronouncing it right or not. And I've been told that that spelling of it is archaic.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, Eyck (oak) would be spelled Eik in modern dutch.

Martin Wisse