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[xiphias]

"Danger" and "anger" should rhyme. So should "Penelope" and "antelope." Since people named "Penelope" will cut you if you call them "Pen-a-lope", I think I'll just start calling the animal "an-TIP-o-lee".

Comments

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

That would be "an-TEP-o-lee" :)

Personally, I've always been disappointed in the received pronunciation of "astrolabe" on similar grounds.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

And now I will be giggling all day.

[roamin-umpire.livejournal.com]

Is the Spoonerism intentional? Or did you mean an-TEL-o-pee?

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

Pena-lope was how I thought the word was pronounced when I was a kid. I read a lot of words I'd never heard spoken, like that famous mystery writer A-GAH-tha Christie.

I like an-TEL-o-pee. It's always fun to put the em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LA-ble.

[rymrytr.livejournal.com]

A lady I worked with came to me one day and said, "look at this unusual name. It's Rebekah..." (Reb rhyming with treble) - uh - kuh (rhyming with cup).

I smiled and said, "and some times it's pronounced "Rebecca". You know, like Esau and Jacob's mother."

A face-palm moment and her instant recognition then gave us the occasional laugh, over the years!

[between4walls.livejournal.com]

During the "Antelope Cobbler" scandal in Italy (involving the corruption of the prime minister by Lockheed), Italians pronounced the English codename as an-TEL-o-peh cobbler.