Pronunciation of Gaia

[The Man who was Thursday]

Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle.

ai is typically a diphthong, a fluid between the two sounds "ah" and "ee". Say those two sounds quickly and you'll get a sound like the English word I.

Tack on another "ah" and there you have your pronunciation.  

[Esilwyn_Lightleaf]

Gachetemas

I have been wondering how this word is pronounced. It looks like it should be GUY uh, and I think the goddess can be either JEE uh or GAY uh, and can be spelled Gaea. In my mind it is either of the first two. What do you think?

I've heard people say it Guy-eh-a, but I have heard of Jee-uh. I say, like most others, Guy-uh.  

[SeleigheFey]

GUY-uh  

[Gachetemas]

skeate

Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle.

Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin...  

[The Man who was Thursday]

Gachetemas

skeate

Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle.

Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin...

Latin and Greek do not have such atrocities.  

[SoulDruidKazeko]

It irritates me that Gaia (guy-ah) won't allow me to put it into IPA for you, which would clear up any and all mispronunciations of anything EVER.

It really does irk me something fierce. gonk  

[The Man who was Thursday]

SoulDruidKazeko

It irritates me that Gaia (guy-ah) won't allow me to put it into IPA for you, which would clear up any and all mispronunciations of anything EVER.

It really does irk me something fierce. gonk

Here you go:

/'gaɪ.ə/  

[TrustMeNot_BetrayalCame]

I like calling it as 'Gai-yah' ninja  

[Gachetemas]

skeate

Gachetemas

skeate

Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle.

Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin...

Latin and Greek do not have such atrocities.

Right. I've never studied Latin or Greek. I've read my dictionary, though. You might want to double-check. Latin must have borrowed some Greek words like geography and genital.  

[The Man who was Thursday]

Gachetemas

skeate

Gachetemas

skeate

Only in a few [totally INSANE] languages is there ever such thing as a soft "G" -- it's always hard, like in goggle.

Right. Those languages would include English, French, Latin, Italian, Greek... Latin...

Latin and Greek do not have such atrocities.

Right. I've never studied Latin or Greek. I've read my dictionary, though. You might want to double-check. Latin must have borrowed some Greek words like geography and genital.

Those pronunciations are bastardizations. The original Latin and Greek pronunciation schemes were VERY regular.  

[[Oh Johnny]]

Guy-uh. Definately.

 

[[ Felidae ]]

It seems the majority vote goes to GUY-ah. I agree completely.  

[[ Felidae ]]

Hewwo, pbj.  

[dark_elf]

My friend, my brother, and myself say it as "GUY-uh".

I've never really thought of any other way to say it.  

[Gachetemas]

Yeah! Who is that one loser who voted for "JEE uh"? Come on. rolleyes