RE: Tatius - Tay-sh-us or Tat-ee-us??

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From: Andrew Solovay <asolovay_at_...>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:39:03 -0700

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Williams [mailto:janewilliams20_at_...]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:20 PM
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> Subject: RE: Tatius - Tay-sh-us or Tat-ee-us??
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> > Subject: Tatius - Tay-sh-us or Tat-ee-us??
> >
> >
> > Came up in the game last night!! (I am in the Tay-sh-us camp)
>
> I've always pronouced it Tat-ee-us on the assumption that
> he's Lunar, so it's a Latin name.

But that's just the question--do we pronounce the Lunar pseudo-Latin names in the Germanic, "this is our best guess at authentic Latin pronunciation" style--i.e. "TAH-tee-us"?

Or in the traditonal English, highly-elided style--i.e. "TAY-shus"? (a la "Statius" or "Pontius"--and honestly, when have you ever heard him called "PON-tee-us"? It's always "PON-shus")

Or in the middling, American, split-the-difference style--i.e. "TA-tee-us"? (rhymes with "cat ee-us")

Personally, I think all three pronunciations are common, and are probably a subtle class-signifier. Mr. T almost certainly refers to himself as "TAH-tee-ose", an affected Hellenize pronunciation. Now, what language is the Greek to Dara Happan's Latin? ...