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Old 01/09/2008, 09:30 PM
SoCalLifer SoCalLifer is offline
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Xenia

Noob question. How do you pronounce Xenia? I have always said Zenia but the LFS guy said something totally different.
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Old 01/09/2008, 10:01 PM
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I pronounce it with a z. As in Xerox.
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Old 01/09/2008, 10:08 PM
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Me two. Just wanted clarification. Thank you.
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Old 01/10/2008, 02:00 AM
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Hello,

I am not a native speeker but we pronounce the X like "gs" - so "gsenia".

It is always funny and somethimes not easy to listen to english speaking referees coming from US (like A. Calfo, S. Michael, J. Sprung...) and mentioning latin names of fishes or corals - as the latin pronounciation is totally different....

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Old 01/10/2008, 12:58 PM
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I've also heard "zeenia". I'm a "zehnia" guy myself.
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Old 01/10/2008, 05:01 PM
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haha Out here in Cali, We pronounce it 'X-Zenia'
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Old 01/10/2008, 05:02 PM
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X as in.. Ex in Extra, So... 'Ex-Zenia'
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Old 01/10/2008, 05:14 PM
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I just call it "pest" , so much easier to pronounce.
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