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How would you pronounce Cybele?

93 replies

BiscuitLover3678 · 01/04/2022 12:51

Sye as in your eye.

Sye -Bell or sye-Bee-Leh or sye-Bee-Lee

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YanTanTetheraPetheraPimp · 01/04/2022 13:21

Just like Sybil but an uglier way of spelling it ☹️

hauntedvagina · 01/04/2022 13:21

I'm not sure how I'd say it, but it reads like a potential name for antivirus software.

CandyCaneLane0 · 01/04/2022 13:23

Sye-bel-lee

deadlanguage · 01/04/2022 13:24

I would probably guess Sigh-bell-ee but would have no idea

demoness · 01/04/2022 13:32

I would guess sih-BELL-ee. I've read it before as the name of a Greek goddess but I've never actually heard it pronounced. I would probably just ask the person how to say it, if I encountered it IRL.

EmpressSuiko · 01/04/2022 13:43

I’d say it like Sibyl

PeskyRooks · 01/04/2022 13:59

I would say sigh bell ee. But it's awful however you say it.

Anoisagusaris · 01/04/2022 14:01

[quote ILoveMyMonkey]@Anoisagusaris

Cy wouldn’t be Sye would it??. Cycle[/quote]
Oh yes!!

Saffzy · 01/04/2022 14:03

Sigh bell

Obelisk · 01/04/2022 14:05

Sybil-ee

Cornettoninja · 01/04/2022 14:08

@scottishnames

She's a rather terrifying goddess, worshipped in bloody festivals. Her priests castrated themselves: www.theoi.com/Phrygios/Kybele.html

Kih-beh-ley if ancient Greek or Roman, Sih-buh-lee in the English language today or See-bell if French (with a long 'e' - grave accent)

I’m concerned now that this is a rouse to get lots of people to say her name and raise her from the underworld 🤔
WeeOrcadian · 01/04/2022 14:12

I hope that nobody is actually seriously considering name their child this, it's awful

Mochudubh · 01/04/2022 14:19

Si as in Simon.
Beel as in Jennifer Beels.

Sy beel.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 01/04/2022 14:22

Sib Eel or Sib Bell or Sib Bell Ee

Dumbledoressister · 01/04/2022 14:32

Si-belly

CaMePlaitPas · 01/04/2022 14:35

Si bell

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 01/04/2022 14:35

S-eye-bell

Or a ‘quirky’ spelling of Sybil.

WhyBeMeanLikeThat · 01/04/2022 14:41

I'd guess 'S-Ba-ley' or 'S-Bee-Ley' as it looks a bit like a very badly spelt Zulu name. If I met someone with that name I would ask them how to pronounce it.

Libertaire · 01/04/2022 14:46

Sy- buy-Lee?

Never heard of it. Sounds like a model of Korean car.

Derbee · 01/04/2022 14:49

Sigh beel?

dollydimple123 · 01/04/2022 14:54

Cybil

Grumpasaurusrex · 01/04/2022 15:01

Kai-belly

Or sye-belly

Either way, not good

Anystarinthesky · 01/04/2022 15:03

Sibyl

DuckaLucka · 01/04/2022 15:04

Sie-Bell.

ItsSnowJokes · 01/04/2022 15:06

@nearlyspringyay

Sy bell e

I don't like like it.

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