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Classical persons - how are we pronouncing "Daedalus"?

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CharlotteBronteSaurus · 04/07/2013 19:03

...to settle the argument between DH and DD1's reading book glossary.

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 04/07/2013 19:06

It was "deedalus" in my day. (70's Scotland)

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EeyoreIsh · 04/07/2013 19:06

Well it's a dead language so you can pronounce it however you like.

However, at school we pronounced it as:

die-de-lus

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mrssmooth · 04/07/2013 19:09

I always thought it was day-da-lus (that's how they seem to pronounce it on the south coast, close to the ex-naval place with the same name)

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Cheddars · 04/07/2013 19:09

I always thought it was 'Day-da-lus' and I'm usually right about everything most things. Wink

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MooncupGoddess · 04/07/2013 19:14

Dee-da-lus. Like arch-ee-ology.

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CharlotteBronteSaurus · 04/07/2013 19:16

DH's money is on Daydalus, glossary says Deedalus

I did Latin instead, so am neither use nor ornament here

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edam · 04/07/2013 19:19

My school said die-duh-lus.

I imagine, thinking of paediatrics, you could make a case for dee-duh-lus.

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ImTooHecsyForYourParty · 04/07/2013 19:21

I thought it was dee-d'l-s

that's as close as I can get to typing out how I say it. Grin

On stargate they call it day-dee-lus.

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Rufus43 · 04/07/2013 19:23

On the south coast it's day-da-lus. I have never heard it any other way but when I hear people refer to it in the classical sense they all seem to pronounce it as dee-da-lus. I thinks it's like cosh-am (Cosham) and boz-um (Bosham) you pronounce it however you damn well please!

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Skygirls · 04/07/2013 19:24

My school said die-de-lus too.

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Skygirls · 04/07/2013 19:32

Just googled though and the Greek pronunciation sounds like dead-a-lus or day-da-lus.

Doesn't really help does it......

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altostratus · 28/07/2013 01:12

Dee du-lus first.
Then Day-du-luss, but the 'ay' part is not stressed, it sounds more similar to dead, as somebody has mentioned. If that makes sense Grin

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JeanPaget · 28/07/2013 01:16

I'd say die-duh-lus

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curlew · 28/07/2013 01:26

It was dee-da-lus when I was young. However, it's dae-dalus now. HTH!!!!

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Cooroo · 28/07/2013 09:21

Another die-duh-lus here. Is age relevant as pronunciation of classics seems to shift? I'm 53

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ChunkyPickle · 28/07/2013 09:23

Day-da-lus for me too (also a southerner if that makes a difference)

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SoupDragon · 28/07/2013 09:28

On Stargate Atlantis they pronounce it Dead a lus. Personally, I think it should be Die da lus.

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MirandaGoshawk · 23/08/2013 22:26

Another one for Dee-da-lus here, and I'm both a southerner and in my 50s. Smile

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meditrina · 23/08/2013 22:30

I 'see' is as Die-da-lus (from how I was trained to say 'puellae'). But as he was Greek not Roman, I know I could be wrong.

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 23/08/2013 22:30

Day-da-lus here too, also lived near HMS Daedalus. Never heard it pronounced any other way.

My friend who lives in Cosham insists it's Cossam BTW. I say Cosham.

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Elsiequadrille · 24/08/2013 11:51

Day or dee da-lus

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fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 24/08/2013 11:58

Die da lus

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nickelbabe · 24/08/2013 12:01

i was taught dayu-de-lus at school, but teacher didn't have the classics.

i think it should be die-da-lus

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