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need to make a choice for Nee-ro-ee. If he pronounces androgyne with an extra ee, perhaps that's cause his own name has one at the end.  >

Dennis

Guess what my pick was!! hahahaha

Near-o would have been my other guess.

N~

lol..no question..Answer: D

There was no E in nero originally, its also not french....
Its a Roman name, remember the dude with the musical instrument and pyromania?

Near-o is the pronunciation from the Latin, and EVERY pronunciation of said name ever since.
Even the frankocised version was pronounced with a silent E like most french words ending in e

I voted for near-o, however I was tempted to go with an eeee at the end.  >

BTW, I recently read that it wasn't true that Nero fiddled while Rome burned, the fiddle didn't exist at that time. More likely he performed recitations, accompanying himself on the lyre.

y2g

lyre is actually what it was most likely...
fiddle was a later editing of the story to modernise it... as its not quite as punchy when you have to explain the instrument
edit: bloody hell 2000 posts!
R >

and you are just wrong...

How many years did you study latin for Renate?
R

Maybe you should read Nero's androgyne pronunciation thread to get the joke here, Rachael.

Dennis

Quote from: Renate on January 26, 2008, 12:54:19 PM
Dear Y2G:

You are a fo(u)nt of misinformation.

The instrument that Neroé was playing was the lyré.

Renate

excuse' me' 

I think she's calling me a lyre 
y2g

i pronounce it and-roger-knee too!
R

I pronounce it,

'Knee-Roe-eee'

I remember this one from childhood: I spell it I-T! And pronounce it as I spell it.

i was so close to doing that one 

I spelled it Knee-roe.
That's what I like!
I like Nero!
(Sara likes Nero)
*curls up on rug near fire to be near Nero*
*snuggle*
Sara