pronunciation question

[Roonwit]

Hello,

I stumbled upon this website while searching for the correct phonetic pronunciation of "Calormen" and "Calormene(s)"... I'm a singer/songwriter and I want to incorporate a vague reference in a new song. Can anyone help? Is there a resource for the intended pronunciation of C.S. Lewis's names?

I've heard a recorded version that stresses the word as CalORmen, I always heard CALormen in my head.

thanks in advance,

Matthew.

[PrinceOfTheWest]

Hmm - good question. I've always pronounced, and heard it pronounced, KAY-lor-men, but I've never heard any authoritative work on it.

[Dernhelm]

Well, I've always thought it was "CALormen", as you said...but I don't know.

[Hope96]

Well, I am not for sure the official way it is supposed to pronounced. But I do have a question for you.......what type of music do you write/sing? I'm a HUGE music buff and love talking to anyone who is in that field (I'm going to school now hoping to eventually work in that field myself.)

[Gondor Knight of Narnia]

I thought the pronounciation was Calor(like calories...)-Mean hehe. :D

[waterhogboy]

Well, if C.S. Lewis was from N. Ireland - we'd best ask Queen Swanwhite who she pronounces it. That's probably the correct way.

[Roonwit]

Well, I am not for sure the official way it is supposed to pronounced. But I do have a question for you.......what type of music do you write/sing? I'm a HUGE music buff and love talking to anyone who is in that field (I'm going to school now hoping to eventually work in that field myself.)

Hi, Hope96

I write Christian-based songs that use poetic imagery to convey the message in ways that everyday punters can hopefully relate to. The kind of musical sound I tend to use is similar to British mainstream bands like Radiohead, Oasis or U2 although I'm Australian-based.

If you want to check out my sound - these are urls to my spots on a couple of mp3 download sites:

http://www.isound.com/music/matthew_simpson_morgan/

http://music.download.com/thelamplight/3600-8573_32-100305599.html?tag=listing_song_artist

...the former site is my own individual stuff, whereas the latter is more oriented to my band The Lamplight which is in hibernation right now.

Thanks for enquiring!

Matthew

[mtdman]

I've always thought the country was Cal-or-men, while the people were Cal-or-mean.

:D

[pacifiquesea]

I've always said cal-OR-men.

[The Tisroc]

I've always been under the impression that calormene is named so because it is a desert, Calor being a greek/latin root for hot and mene designating a location sort of like like Archenland may be named so for its many mountains (Arch)

It sort of makes sense to me i guess

[yoshi71089]

meh-i usually dont worry about pronunciations i read it and keep my mispronunciation even if im corrected.

[Srob]

I am like the rest of you, pronouncig it CALormen(like calories...lol) and Calormean.

[Queen Swanwhite]

I pronounce it Cal-or-men. I'm not really sure if CS Lewis pronounced it that way! lol ;)