[Facts] Re: Astraea pronunciation??
in reply to a message by Rosee
There's an English poem called Astraea Redux, written for political reasons in the seventeenth century. The way its author pronounced Astraea would probably have been: as-tree-a. The way the ancient Romans would have pronounced it would have been more like: as-try-a.Either of those sounds beter to me than as-tray-a, who sounds as if she's perpetually going astray! What if you tweak the spelling and make it Astrea? Like encyclopaedia/encyclopedia!
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Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Rosee  ·  5/25/2005, 11:12 AM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Maria Maria  ·  5/28/2005, 7:22 PM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Daniel  ·  5/28/2005, 6:12 PM
Those aren't correct  ·  Miranda  ·  5/29/2005, 1:45 PM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Anneza  ·  5/26/2005, 1:59 AM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Miranda  ·  5/25/2005, 2:46 PM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Rosee  ·  5/25/2005, 12:09 PM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Miss Claire  ·  5/25/2005, 11:13 AM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Rosee  ·  5/25/2005, 11:46 AM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Miss Claire  ·  5/25/2005, 1:29 PM
Re: Astraea pronunciation??  ·  Rosee  ·  5/25/2005, 11:14 AM