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[Opinions] Re: Iphigeneia and Ismene
There's a Greek movie, a few clips of which are on youtube, I believe called Iphigeneia. Her father says her name, in his native tongue and it is pronounced like: iff-ee-hayne-ya. There is no "j" sound. The "g" is prn more like a g in Spanish which is like an "h". I always thought it had the "j" sound before that but I prefer the original pronunciation. I don't think it it as useable as other names may be unless you are Greek or use it as a middle name. I love it though and would love to see a child with this name. I don't care for Ismene.
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Sounds weird, hmm. Modern Greek is much different nowadays than ancient Greek anyways, so maybe both pronunciations are correct, but I'd probably get funny looks in Greece nowadays haha. Sounds like it would be a Spanish pronunciation but I guess not.
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I've heard this pronunciation too, with the g sounding more like an y. And Ismene in modern Greek is usually transliterated Ismini, which I think I prefer.
In English I'd say if-ee-gen-eye-a and is-mee-nee.

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