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 Oct 24 2005, 07:17 PM
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Listening to the audio of the featurette here (select the "closed-caption" quicktime video) the commentator pronounces the name of the moon Dione as "DEE-oh-nay". I've always thought of it as "DI-own", but I suppose I haven't heard anyone knowledgeable pronounce it. Does anyone have a sense as to what pronunciation is in common usage?
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Oct 25 2005, 06:41 PM
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What has confused me recently is the fact that certain languages have their own spellings for many moons. I always thought that satellite names were similar to the names of species in that they were common across all languages. But instead I am confused for weeks as to what "Teti" is.
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Oct 25 2005, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Oct 25 2005, 06:41 PM) What has confused me recently is the fact that certain languages have their own spellings for many moons. I always thought that satellite names were similar to the names of species in that they were common across all languages. But instead I am confused for weeks as to what "Teti" is.  Did you have any trouble with "Giapeto" and "Giano"? (The inner moons of Saturn (Saturno) have the Italian names Pan, Atlante, Prometeo, Pandora, Epimeteo, Giano, Mimas or Mimante, Encelado, Teti, Telesto, Calipso, Dione, Rea, Titano, Iperione, and Giapeto; Phoebe becomes "Febe". I don't know if there are official Italianizations for Daphnis, Methone, Pallene, Polydeuces, or Helene, but I imagine Dafni, Metone, Pallene, Polideuce, and Elene.) |
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Oct 25 2005, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
QUOTE (David @ Oct 25 2005, 12:55 PM) Did you have any trouble with "Giapeto" and "Giano"? (The inner moons of Saturn (Saturno) have the Italian names Pan, Atlante, Prometeo, Pandora, Epimeteo, Giano, Mimas or Mimante, Encelado, Teti, Telesto, Calipso, Dione, Rea, Titano, Iperione, and Giapeto; Phoebe becomes "Febe". I don't know if there are official Italianizations for Daphnis, Methone, Pallene, Polydeuces, or Helene, but I imagine Dafni, Metone, Pallene, Polideuce, and Elene.)  Nope, got it now. But still, I was a little surprised that the spellings of satellite names are changed in various languages. I know, perhaps I shouldn't have been had I thought it over for more than three seconds, but still. Thanks, for the list though.
-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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tfisher Dee-oh-nay? Oct 24 2005, 07:17 PM
The Singing Badger The following is from a Wikipedia discussion board... Oct 24 2005, 07:36 PM volcanopele I've usually used Dee-OH-nee (which would give... Oct 24 2005, 07:48 PM
David A lot of these different pronunciations come from ... Oct 25 2005, 12:08 AM BruceMoomaw I've also heard alternate prouniciations for M... Oct 25 2005, 03:39 AM David QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Oct 25 2005, 03:39 AM)I... Oct 25 2005, 03:18 PM BruceMoomaw By the way, Henry S.F. Cooper noted in one of his ... Oct 25 2005, 03:40 AM dvandorn I read all about the planets and the asteroids and... Oct 25 2005, 06:57 AM David QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 25 2005, 06:57 AM)Even ... Oct 25 2005, 03:38 PM BruceMoomaw You should have heard me pronouncing the names of ... Oct 25 2005, 12:15 PM dvandorn QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Oct 25 2005, 07:15 AM)Yo... Oct 25 2005, 08:06 PM Rob Pinnegar I also came up with some God-awful pronunciations ... Oct 25 2005, 03:54 PM deglr6328 I called it Die-own too tfisher so don't feel ... Oct 25 2005, 06:27 PM |
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