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Phoenix Utukku
22 Sep 06 - 02:14
When I pronounce it, the "P" isn't even audible, but I feel weird thinking it or thinking I'm pronouncing it "Tolemy".
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Adele Djinni
22 Sep 06 - 11:41
I always read it like Puh Tolemy.
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Post Higher Spirit
22 Sep 06 - 14:16
It's Tolmey.
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22 Sep 06 - 17:16
Yes indeed. The correct pronunciation is "Tolemy". Lots of silent Ps in English attempts at writing Egyptian words.
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Apocrypha Afrit
22 Sep 06 - 22:58
Pt the P is alwas silent.
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23 Sep 06 - 01:15
Like Pteradactyl. BTW, in geo class, my teacher put some quote by someone called Ptolemy, who supposedly invented geography, on the board.
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Phoenix Utukku
23 Sep 06 - 01:18
There were many Ptolemies in Egyptian history. Like Caesar for Rome.
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Post Higher Spirit
23 Sep 06 - 05:32
rubberchickenben wrote: Like Pteradactyl. BTW, in geo class, my teacher put some quote by someone called Ptolemy, who supposedly invented geography, on the board.
Uh, yeah. He is one of the only Ptolemy who's life is recorded. Bad Times is Later Egypt.
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23 Sep 06 - 17:22
I think he may be Ptolemy. Barti's Ptolemy seemed like he'd like geography. But then, the Ptolemy in the book died young.
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Post Higher Spirit
23 Sep 06 - 17:55
Bartimaeus's Ptolemy did not exist.
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23 Sep 06 - 18:01
Well duh. It's fiction.
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Apocrypha Afrit
23 Sep 06 - 20:04
Ptolemy didn't exist, so therefore all efforts to find im have been for nothing.
Kenny Imp
24 Sep 06 - 11:10
Apocrypha wrote: How do you pronounce Ptolemy? With the P silent as in psychology? Because that's the proper pronounciation.
Tis exactly how I pronounce it.
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Post Higher Spirit
24 Sep 06 - 11:14
Apocrypha wrote: Ptolemy didn't exist, so therefore all efforts to find im have been for nothing.
Riiigghhht...
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Ianna Marid
24 Sep 06 - 12:27
Yes, Ptolemy didn't exsist.

However, I think his cousin or uncle would be Ptolemy the 9th or 10th.

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Post Higher Spirit
24 Sep 06 - 12:37
And His sister will be Cleopatra?
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24 Sep 06 - 12:39
It might be because Barty's Ptolemy was never Pharoah. I pronounce it as Tall-lemee.
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Post Higher Spirit
24 Sep 06 - 12:40
Toh-lemee.
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Ianna Marid
24 Sep 06 - 12:41
That's true, but he might have techincally exsisted if we could look far enough into history.

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where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


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Post Higher Spirit
24 Sep 06 - 12:52
Barti too?
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