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List:       mageia-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"?
From:       Maurice Batey <maurice () bcs ! org ! uk>
Date:       2010-09-21 18:27:12
Message-ID: pan.2010.09.21.18.27.11.944322 () bcs ! org ! uk
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:52:33 +0200, Dimitrios Glentadakis wrote:

> The greek pronouncation of the word Mageia  is Ma-yee-a . The yee is
> the same when you say in english 'young' the first syllabe.

  OK - but 'Yee' differs from the "Jee" suggested in the
Wikipedia entry!

So there seem to be *three* alternatiive pronunciations in the air.

Well, different languages have different ways of saying things, so
does it really matter?
   "Paris" in the UK sounds different from 'Paris' in  France.
Vive la difference....
.
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/\/\aurice 
	

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