• Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
    37·
    4 months ago

    I used to pronounce Persephone like Saxophone (Purse-a-phone) until I played Hades.

    • CoolMatt@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      I called the Progressive Metal band of the same name like that for like 5 years until I told a friend about them and they did the “hahaha… Wait, what did you call them?” and right then and there my life changed

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Sax-o-phie, wow it’s completely unrecognizable as the same word.

      Who needs consistent pronunciation rules anyway?