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For utmost pronunciation accuracy while pronouncing the following names, pinch your first three fingers together and hold them up close to your face, shaking a bit in dissatisfaction. Shitalians won't be able to tell you apart from themselves.
Janus = Ii-an-Us {Original stem for the word 'January'. Easiest to correctly pronounce as 'Yanus' - no 'hard J' like you'd say with January}
Terra = Teh-Rah {Firma} {Full name is 'Terra Mater', literally Mother Earth}
Nox = No-ks {Nyx (Nn-ix) and Nott (N-ott) also work for her, albeit in different Pantheons}
Cupid = Ku-Pid(-oh) {Historically spelt with an -o (Cupido), but the correct English translation is Cupid. If you say it Cyu-Pid, you're stu-pid}
Bellona = Bel-On-A {Not Bell-Own-Ah}
Sylvanus = S(y)ill-Vain-Ass {Silent but inflected Y, not Sill-van-us}
Vulcan
= Vul-Kan
{Emphasis on the K, not Vulk-Aan nobody gives a fuck though}
Mercury
= Mer-Kyu-Ree(-us)
{Americans Burgers Retards would call him Mur-Cuh-Ree (like an indian dish with the tail of a fish / Mercurry) - they're wrong like most things they botch at pronouncing. Fuckin Aloominum. Say it right.}
{Additionally, historically had an -ius at the end (Mercurius), however Mercury is the correct translation}
Bacchus = Back-(h)as {Silent but inflected h, sounds like the start of Bakasura}
Discordia = Diss-Kor-Dee-Ah {Discord-ia}
Hercules
Who put the glad in 'Glad-iator'?
= Her-Cue-Leez!
Whose daring deeds are great Thee-ate-er?
{In Greek it's He(h)-Ra-Cleez (!), same start as his stepmother}
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