Pronunciation please.

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Coral
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Post by Coral »

According to Dr. Reames-Zimmerman
(http://community.livejournal.com/megale ... 18009.html)

people would have referred to him as
a-LEKS-an-dros
but the genitive (Alexander's or "of Alexander) would be
a-leks-AN-drou

Confusing!
For more, much more,
http://socrates.berkeley.edu/%7eancgree ... start.html
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