khartsfield wrote:I've always used a hard 'K' sound, i.e: "uh-KAY-um". But I'm from Arkansas, so take that with a grain of salt.
Old_Sardul wrote:How do you say Acaeum?I, the Wrongulin, have ever pronounced itAh - Kah - Eh - Um
Plaag wrote:Me: Yep Ac-a-memnon, Geeks Rule, where's my dice?
Beyondthebreach wrote:Okay (and I know this is for fun . . . but on a more technical note) - the Acaeum is supposed to be a "mock" latin sounding work. It is spelled with the vowel dipthong "ae". This sound is pronounced with a Long E as in "He" or ""Me" or "Caesar".
*wikipedia wrote:In Latin it represents the diphthong [ai], which in Vulgar Latin was monophthongized to [ɛ]; in medieval manuscripts the digraph was frequently replaced by the ligature æ.
deimos3428 wrote:For Latin, it's not clear what to do with the 3-vowel cluster in the middle of the word. Let's assume it's a digraph* 'ae', followed by a 'u', and not some bizarre triphthong "aeu":
Keith the Thief wrote:My wife usually says, "Keith, you know you're still logged onto Uh-say-ee-ah-um-ah-fuck-it."
le Rahib wrote:But for me it is " Ah - Kah - Eh - Um"...
FoulFoot wrote:The site pronunciation will be changed in the next update.