Atlantis

[stoutfellow]

OK, another silly comics-related question or two.

Is the first vowel of "Namor" the vowel from "pot", "pat", or "pate"?

And is it "Sub-MAR-iner" or "Subma-RIN-er"?

Comments

[stoutfellow]

I remember, as a kid, using the "pat" vowel and stressing the epithet on the third syllable; I eventually talked myself out of the first, but was never sure about the second.

But then, I've always been prone to tome-deafness. I thought the great Italian scientist's name was pronounced "ga-LIL-ee-o" until, having said it that way, I was corrected (with much laughter). And don't get me started on "hors d'oeuvres".

[filkferengi]

For the latter, see Pratchett--especially Mark Oshiro's reaction upon reading Pratchett's take on same. Several Discworld books later, Mark still talks about that pun.