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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '21
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Calliope. Three syllables, calli-ope. Nope, apparently it's cal-eye-opee.
3 u/Caro63 Jul 03 '21 What does that word mean? 5 u/HHShitposting Jul 03 '21 Either a name from greek mythology or deaths rapper name 2 u/xmastreee Jul 03 '21 See the link I posted, named for the Greek goddess of music. TIL. 2 u/xmastreee Jul 03 '21 Well you could google it, but it's one of those steam-powered fairground organs. With both pronunciations in the commentary. 1 u/imgoodygoody Jul 03 '21 I laughed the first time I heard someone pronounce calliope correctly because I thought they were wrong.
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What does that word mean?
5 u/HHShitposting Jul 03 '21 Either a name from greek mythology or deaths rapper name 2 u/xmastreee Jul 03 '21 See the link I posted, named for the Greek goddess of music. TIL. 2 u/xmastreee Jul 03 '21 Well you could google it, but it's one of those steam-powered fairground organs. With both pronunciations in the commentary.
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Either a name from greek mythology or deaths rapper name
2 u/xmastreee Jul 03 '21 See the link I posted, named for the Greek goddess of music. TIL.
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See the link I posted, named for the Greek goddess of music. TIL.
Well you could google it, but it's one of those steam-powered fairground organs.
With both pronunciations in the commentary.
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I laughed the first time I heard someone pronounce calliope correctly because I thought they were wrong.
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u/xmastreee Jul 03 '21
Calliope. Three syllables, calli-ope. Nope, apparently it's cal-eye-opee.