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List:       mageia-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Mageia-discuss] Pronunciation
From:       "P. Christeas" <xrg () linux ! gr>
Date:       2012-02-29 22:02:51
Message-ID: 201203010002.52168.xrg () linux ! gr
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On Monday 20 February 2012, Dimitrios Glentadakis wrote:
> In Greek there is only one way to pronounce the word mageia (μαγεία) = ma y
> i a , the y like the w in weather, and the accent at the i :
> http://fr.forvo.com/word/%ce%bc%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b1/

Exactly. In our language, the closest is the "y" as in "yield".

But, said that, you are still /free/ to pronounce it whatever way you prefer. 
It is our honour that it's a Greek word already, we don't bother about the 
details. :)




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