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[flemmings]

Because I never saw all of ST:TNG, I never heard Patrick Stewart retelling the story of Gilgamesh and therefore I never knew until last night that the accent in Enkidu comes on the second syllable, not the first.

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[incandescens]

I didn’t know that either - though I would trust him to get it right.

[anna_wing]

Interesting! I never knew that either, but I always assumed that it was on the second syllable. And Stewart pronounces the 'k' in Enkidu as in 'key') whereas I would pronounce it with a 'k' as in 'skip'.

[flemmings]

English does like to punch its sounds. The things it does to vowels make the angels weep.

[flemmings]

I mean, Enky-doo does sound laughable when you think of it.

[incandescens]

True, but I'm biased towards anything Patrick Stewart says sounding plausible. :)