How do you pronounce "helicon?"
- David Richoux
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
Chimera, but please proceed. (this is such an in-joke I will be totally amazed if anybody gets it. please respond.)
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
Say it so that everybody grasps it is a Hell icon.
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
People ask me "How to you spell....__________?"bloke wrote:I pronounce it quite well, thanks...and you ?
I say "Phonetically!!"
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
Thanks, Ace. I learned something today.Ace wrote:You are close. According to my Czech born and raised neighbor, Cerveny isTubaguyry wrote:chair-VAIN-eeTheGoyWonder wrote:Like "helicopter". easy.
now how do you pronouce "Cerveny"???
pronounced CHAIR-vin-yee. It means the red one. The vin part is pronounced
as in venue. Ace
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
I am just an amateur nouncer, so these days i generally like to cover my bases and say it every possible way just to be sure...
Originally i thought it had the same root as helix, so i gave it a long sound.
Can the Ogden Nash paraody be got to work?
A fine ol' tuba the helicon.
Its valves play more than its bell can.
Originally i thought it had the same root as helix, so i gave it a long sound.
Can the Ogden Nash paraody be got to work?
A fine ol' tuba the helicon.
Its valves play more than its bell can.
Thanks for playing!
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
SPIRAL CONE that defines it
I feel a double play with helios, sun and heli, spiral.
I like the word.
Long EE usually, sometimes, short
depends on which side of the river I'm on...blend
Joe
I feel a double play with helios, sun and heli, spiral.
I like the word.
Long EE usually, sometimes, short
depends on which side of the river I'm on...blend
Joe
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
The only person I ever heard say it in person said HEElicon. So that is why I say it that way. HELLicon might be a better description overall
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
My last trying: In Germany the pronunciation is:
https://de.howtopronounce.com/german/helikon/" target="_blank" target="_blank
Please use the second example (womens voice) or similar like that:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... trisch.ogg" target="_blank" target="_blank
replace -ozentrisch with -conn like Conn Tuba
Ulli
https://de.howtopronounce.com/german/helikon/" target="_blank" target="_blank
Please use the second example (womens voice) or similar like that:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... trisch.ogg" target="_blank" target="_blank
replace -ozentrisch with -conn like Conn Tuba
Ulli
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
that big shiny thing....
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"
When I had one, once in a while someone would pronounce it sounding a lot like "french horn." Not often, but more often than you might expect. Eb, not even an "F horn."