How do you pronounce Ouranic and Chthonic?

pomegranateandivy:

sisterofiris:

pomegranateandivy:

I’m probably not the best person to ask about this lol 

I’ve been pronouncing Ouranic as Or-Ah-Nick and Khthonic as K-Thon-Ic. Which is apparently the British English way of pronouncing it, because I’ve seen/heard posts that in American English it’s just pronounced as Thon-Ic, with the “K” being silent. @sisterofiris might be able to tell me if I’ve been saying them wrong lol

My Kiwi self pronounces them as you-ran-ick and k-thon-ic.

By the way, if you’re interested in hearing how they were pronounced in Ancient Greek, I have a couple of recordings where similar terms appear: here at 0:42 for οὐρανόν (”sky” in the accusative), and here at 1:01 for χθονία (”khthonian” in the feminine).

Neat! Thank you, you’re the best!

I want to veil more but i have short hair and that eliminates a lot of styles of veiling. And often people instantly see some styles as Muslim in appearance. Any suggestions for styles I can do so it’s diffrent in appearance for those with short hair?

pomegranateandivy:

My hair is about as short as short get’s right now, and I haven’t found it to be limiting at all for styles. Just play around with it a little bit and you’ll be able to figure out ways to adjust how you veil so that it works with short hair. (I’ve found a couple actually work better for me than when I had long hair)

I’m sorry if this is a dumb question but, can a man veil? How would it work?

pomegranateandivy:

Yes, a man can, and it would work the same as with anyone else! Covering your hair for religious reasons is not limited by gender. Down near the end of This Post there’s some historical examples of how men in ancient Greece covered their heads/hair. But really, a man can veil however he wants, and isn’t limited to historical styles any more than anyone else is 🙂 

foxspirit1928:

Miss Fisher Random Thoughts (321)

In S3E1 Death Defying Feats, our heroine Miss Fisher performed the Miraculous Mermaid stunt where she was “padlocked into an underwater tank and have to escape from her chains or drown”. The Baron called it “thrilling stuff”. When she first brought up the idea to the Mighty Merv Mackenzie, he shut it down, telling her that she was not qualified. To that she responded “I did study Houdini’s water torture cell under The Great Levante.”

Who was The Great Levante? According to Wikipedia, Leslie George “Les” Vante Cole (1892 – 1978) was a famous Australian illusionist who founded what is now the fourth oldest magical society in the world, the Australian Society of Magicians Incorporated. We don’t know when Miss Fisher studied from him as Devante was born in Sydney and was only 19 when he travelled to Melbourne in 1909, finding work at a hotel where he “marked billiards and tended the hotel’s bar”. It’s unlikely that Phryne studied magic from him before the Fishers moved to England and inherited the title because she couldn’t possibly have the means to do so. Since Levante toured the globe starting 1927, it’s possible that she went to one of his shows in England and asked for lessons. As clever as she was, she quickly mastered every trick she had learn, of course.

(Posted 20-Nov-2018)