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Old 18-Feb-2005, 18:59
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Default How do you pronounce names like the latin playwright Seneca and Claudius (Hamlet)?
Hi, I'd like to know how to pronounce these names:
Seneca
Claudius

Thanks.
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Old 18-Feb-2005, 23:45
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seh'-neh-cah (as in seth-nelly-california)

Clah'-oo-dee-oos (as in clam-loot-dee-loose)

I hope this is nearly as half as clear as I intended it to be...
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Old 18-Feb-2005, 23:56
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Hi, I'd like to know how to pronounce these names:
Seneca
Claudius

Thanks.
Rip
Claudius...pronounce "au" as /o/ = klôdies
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Old 19-Feb-2005, 15:24
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Claudius...pronounce "au" as /o/ = klôdies
Even though I reckon this is the right way it's not how us (i.e. Spanish speakers) would read the word Claudius. The one I put is...
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Old 19-Feb-2005, 18:39
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Even though I reckon this is the right way it's not how us (i.e. Spanish speakers) would read the word Claudius. The one I put is...
sorry, I live in Canada.
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Old 19-Feb-2005, 21:57
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I'm Argentinean.
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