[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"?

Tue Sep 21 18:52:33 CEST 2010

2010/9/21 Maurice Batey <maurice at bcs.org.uk>
+
+> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:30:57 +0100, I wrote:
+>
+> > I must have missed some posting that explains "mageia"!
+>
+>  OK - I now see it all described on Wikipedia, but the
+> notes on *pronunciation* there do not agree with that given by:
+>
+>   http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=3095
+>
+> (which gives "mah-GAY-ah")
+>
+> Perhaps there should be an agreed pronunciation (to avoid the problem
+> some people have with "Linux"!)
+>
+
+The right in greek is this
+http://www.forvo.com/word/μαγεία/<http://www.forvo.com/word/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1/>
+
+The greek pronouncation of the word Mageia (Μαγεία) is Ma-yeé-a . The yeé is
+the same when you say in english 'young' the first syllabe.
+
+You cannot say ma - geï (gay)-a because in greek the ei=i (like
+ει-ρή-νη=I-re-ne http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Irene )
+Only when it has the two points over the i (εϊ) is ay (like fame)
+
+
+With the latin leters, i am not sure but i think [mah-JEE-ah] is the right
+
+-- 
+Dimitrios Glentadakis
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