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Uchuujinsan Since: Oct, 2009
#1: Jul 7th 2012 at 5:02:37 AM

Thought this question wasn't serious enough for OTC. Would you consider this pronounciation as correct? There are some people who consider it wrong, while others think it is correct. Because there's some German around it, it's the part were he basically says this (Listen to the German on the right side)

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#2: Jul 7th 2012 at 5:09:12 AM

It sounds like "zoos".

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#5: Jul 7th 2012 at 5:18:50 AM

Thanks for the answers so far, it's in line with what I thought. :)

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Telcontar In uffish thought from England Since: Feb, 2012
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#7: Jul 7th 2012 at 7:33:46 AM

I've always heard it pronounced as Zoose.

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#8: Jul 7th 2012 at 8:11:47 AM

English: "Zoose" [zuːs]
German: "Tzoys" [tsɔʏs]

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DarkConfidant Since: Aug, 2011
#9: Jul 7th 2012 at 8:13:29 AM

[up] So, very similar to how one would pronounce "choice" in English?

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#10: Jul 7th 2012 at 8:17:07 AM

Yeah, pretty close.

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#11: Jul 7th 2012 at 9:17:17 AM

Well, according to Die Hard, Jesus is pronounced like "hey Zeus".

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#12: Jul 7th 2012 at 9:19:02 AM

That is the Hispanic way of pronouncing it.

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#13: Jul 7th 2012 at 9:20:42 AM

[up] Depends on where you're from, and what you consider "Hispanic". tongue

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#14: Jul 7th 2012 at 9:21:10 AM

[up][up][up] Though in Hebrew or whatever it is, it'd be more like Yesh-wah.

edited 7th Jul '12 9:21:22 AM by Telcontar

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#16: Jul 7th 2012 at 9:31:51 AM

I've always pronounced it "Zyews".

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#19: Jul 7th 2012 at 11:38:58 AM

Zeúß.

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#20: Jul 7th 2012 at 11:48:20 AM

Apparently in classical Greek, it would have been either "dz-eh-oos" or "zd-eh-oos".

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#21: Jul 7th 2012 at 4:23:58 PM

[up] And how do you pronounce those?

Personally I've always heard "zeus" as "zoose"

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#22: Jul 7th 2012 at 4:25:25 PM

[up] Rhymes with "moose"!

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#23: Jul 7th 2012 at 4:30:44 PM

You wouldn't pronounce it strictly as -oos in Classical Greek. It is pronounced Zeús. -eu sounds vaguely like -aeph. Some dialects used -oos, others didn't.

edited 7th Jul '12 4:32:18 PM by lu127

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#24: Jul 7th 2012 at 4:35:35 PM

[up] Yeah, I know. I sat in front of the computer for like 5 minutes repeating the "-eu" part over and over in an attempt to try and get the right sound-to-spelling transliteration.

Let's see...my textbook says "etch gliding into "-oo". So "e-oo-s"?

Those diphthongs man, they kill :( Especially Greek ones.

And for the "z", it would be pronounced like "wi-sd-om" or "ga-dz-ooks".

edited 7th Jul '12 4:37:18 PM by Iulla

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#25: Jul 7th 2012 at 5:46:46 PM

The classical pronounciation would be something like ゼウス, then?


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