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I've heard this said different ways on television and documentaries and in live conversation. Is it one of those words without a standard pronunciation, like potato? Are some of those people pronouncing it wrong? Is there a different official pronunciation in Britain than in America?

I would pronounce it either:

Lie-can-throw-pee (long o) or
Lie-can-thruh-pee (schwa)

myself. Probably the second.



But definitely a long o for 'Lycanthrope.'

-- Vilkacis

When I say it, I put the emphasis on the A.

Like...


"Lycanthropy."



I find that I sometimes pronounce the O as "OH" and sometimes as "UH", in "Lycanthropy", but I agree that I allways pronouce a long O in "Lyacanthrope".

i say it like this
Lie-can-thrope-pee (long O)

Isn't this splitting hairs?

Lai-kun-tro-fy!

I've also accented the second syllable. According to Dictionary.com, that's the proper pronunciation. "Lycanthrope" can be pronounced with accent on either the first or the second. I've always accented the second. (It distinguishes my novel from other works by the same title.)

And, it's only splitting hairs while in human form. Otherwise, it's splitting fur.

What's the difference in pronouncing "ee" and "ie"?

Po-tay-to Po-taut-o It varies.

Curan wrote:What's the difference in pronouncing "ee" and "ie"?

They are pronounced the same. I was just using dashes to distinguish syllables, and in the first example I was able to find a word that fit each syllable (always a bonus when explaining pronunciation without talking). So I used "pee" as the last syllable in the first example. In the "ie" ending examples, the end sound is still like "y" at the end of a word (think "happy") but the end bit is a syllable all it's own instead of being a syllable along with "p" as in "pee."

Does it really matter so long as the meaning gets across?

It would also depend on your accent and how you talk

I am about as (in)consistant in this as I am with pronouncing SQL. Usually it just depends on what sounds best in the sentence.

OK, so we have the variants which we could also look up on the OED. (Oxford English Dictionary) Is this the wrong thread to inquire, what the Lycanthropes themselves might call the condition of being what they are ?

Lie-can-thrope-ee

well, in portuguese we say lee-cam-tro-peea (licantropia). and lee-cam-tro-po (licantropo).

In english I have no idea, but I can bet on lie-can-throw-pee