How do you pronounce "helicon?"

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How do you pronounce "helicon?"

"Hell - ih - conn" (accent on the "conn" part of the word)
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53%
"Hee - lih - conn" (accent on the "hee" part)
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19%
"Helican" (like "pelican")
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9%
Other
12
19%
 
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Re: How do you pronounce "helicon?"

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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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Say it so that everybody grasps it is a Hell icon.
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bloke wrote:I pronounce it quite well, thanks...and you ?
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Ace wrote:
Tubaguyry wrote:
TheGoyWonder wrote:Like "helicopter". easy.

now how do you pronouce "Cerveny"???
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You are close. According to my Czech born and raised neighbor, Cerveny is
pronounced CHAIR-vin-yee. It means the red one. The vin part is pronounced
as in venue. Ace
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Post by humBell »

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.

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Post by groovlow »

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
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Post by MaryAnn »

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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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 :tuba:

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Post by Donn »

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."
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