Pronunciation "Chimaera"

Hi, I'm not very familiar with this particular board, so I'm not sure if this is OT.

Can you tell me how to pronounce Thrawn's flagship "Chimaera" properly?

Is it the same as Chimera in MI2?

Thanks!

 

ky-meer-a


Like M:I2 IIRC.

 

I was way off.

Zahn really likes using "ae", doesn't he?

 

ky-mer-a

The "mer" part of it is pronounced as in French or Spanish.

 

Interesting... I'd always pronounced it as ky-mare-ah (mare as in "female horse").

 

Ky-me-a-ra

Dictator

 

Well, the English pronunciation may vary, I was stating the Latin one.

 

Interesting... I'd always pronounced it as ky-mare-ah (mare as in "female horse").

You say tom-ay-ta, we say tom-ar-to.


The important part is ky-[whatever]-a. The rest can change with regional dialect.

 

Chi-MAY-rah

 

I always said it Chi-meer-a

 

i thought AE = long I in latin?

 

AE is pronounced with the sound of a long I in latin. Take the word Caesar for example. Most pronounce it See-zar, which, at least according to classical Latin, is wrong. It's pronounced Ky-zar. I don't remember a whole lot from my years taking Latin (mostly because it happened more than a week ago) that's always stuck with me.

 

According to websters:

Pronunciation: kI-'mir-&, k&-

 

(Think Mary Poppins...)


Chim-chim-er-ah,
chim-chim-er-ah,
chim-chim-cha-roo!

Thrawn is so much smarter
than all of his crew!

Chim-chim-er-ah,
chim-chim-er-ah,
chim-chim-cha-ree!

"Ah, but it was done
so ar-tis-tic-ly!"

 

now I envision Paellon in a dress

 

That is hilarious, even though the thought of Pellaeon in that dress is frightening at the same time...

 

LOL.

 

I now use the ky-mer-a pronunciation.

Previously I pronounced the vessels name in this form:

Chim(like CHIMP without the "p") - a (short "a") - era (like it looks)
Chim-a-era


OR

Chim - era with a silent "a".





PEZman4: That was utter hillarity in a thread!

 

Same way the mythological creature Zahn undoubtedly used to get the name for the ship is from is pronounced. Try MI2.

 

Same way the mythological creature Zahn undoubtedly used

Zahn's no myth man, he's REAL! [face_shocked]

 

"Fearing the harsh criticisms that a few vocal Star Wars fans had hurled his way, the "Zahn" retreated to the harsh jungles of the Amazon periodically emerging to feed on babies and write new stories. Thus the myth of the "Zahn" was born, and cause many of those same Star Wars fans to cower in fear."

And I like Zahn's writing!

 

Zahn's no myth man, he's REAL!

You read the whole thing, ReaperFett. You should know full well I was not saying Zahn is a myth but that he used the mythological creature, the chimaera, to get the name of his Imp flag ship for his TTT. Even in quoting me you point that out by going on to "undoubtedly used" after Zahn.

 

Hahahaha some people really need to smile more often.