Pronouncing Caius

[Caius Marcius]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Amy Z wrote:
> 
> > I do want to know how to pronounce Caius.  Neil says the Brits 
say it
> > "keys."
> 
> Yet more evidence of the oddness of certain folk....
> 
> > The definitive answer, of course, will come from Caius 
Marcius "This
> > is not a Pseudonym" Coriolanus himself.
> 
> Well, before he answers, my mind says that "CAI" rhymes with "pie". 
I
> can't think of a way to write it that can't be misread. KI-us, I 
guess.
> Sometimes KAY-us. Now hurry up, Caius, and tell us how YOU say it.
> 

I pronounce it KAI-us - as Pippin must, for in her filk she rhymed it 
with alias (which must be sung as a-LIE-us)

   - CMC 


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