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Re: Xanthe?
by Pavlos (guest)
6/29/2004, 7:21 AM
in reply to a message by TBR327
At least in Greece, Xanthe (meaning "blonde") is pronounced ksan-THEE
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- Anneza (guest)   +4
6/29/2004, 11:36 PM
If Xanthe, then ...... what about Xantippe, or was she Xanthippe? Socrates's wife, if memory serves, and a ferocious one at that, though he must have been hard to live with. Is it a version of the same name? And pronounced how? We used to get away with Zan-tip-ee, stress on the middle syllable, but no doubt there's much more to it than that.
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- Pavlos (guest)   +3
6/30/2004, 2:05 AM
Oh yes, Xanthippe was Socrates's ill-tempered "blonde horse" of a woman.
For some reason that escapes me, Greek words starting with an X are pronounced as if they started with a Z in the Anglo Saxon world and its offshoots. I just cant Xerox corporation is known as Zerox!
A xiphophagus is not a ziphophagus and a xylophonist is not a zylophonist for crying out loud, a bloody xenophobe is not a zenophobe! In retaliation, I will start calling X chromosomes Z chromosomes hereafter!
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- Anneza (guest)   +2
6/30/2004, 11:29 PM
Happy fantasies of gazillions of little American Zoes all suddenly morphing into Ksoe ... one must build reciprocity into the system!Good football last night - I'll be backing Greece this evening.All the best
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- Pavlos (guest)   +1
7/1/2004, 1:13 AM
What a wonderful mutatation that would have been....but, drats, I am afraid that a Zoe is a Zoe not a Xoe :(Thanks for supporting Greece tonight! My heart is beating like crazy. The Czech football team is turbo-driven, they havent lost a friggin' match in over 20 games. A very worthy and intimidating adversary!
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- Pavlos (guest)
7/2/2004, 3:35 AM
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WE DID IT :)))))))))))))
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