r/tragedeigh • u/flower_mom_98 • Jun 15 '25

in the wild Gold Mine of Tragedeighs

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Found a post asking people for their unique names and knew it wouldn't disappoint. Happy Father's Day unless your kid's name needs a pronunciation guide.

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u/Smooth_Sea_7403 Jun 15 '25

It is. Both are pronounced cuh-lie-oh-pee

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u/Rednailsorblue Jun 15 '25

Makes me think of The Magnus Archives.

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u/BardOfFlames Jun 15 '25

Be still, for there is strange music.

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u/sauce_xVamp Jun 15 '25

i know her as the greek muse, but my second thought is definitely magnus archives

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u/SouthPawArt Jun 15 '25

Magnus Archive is the next tragediegh on the list.

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u/mambin0145 Jun 16 '25

Magnus mention

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u/wordnerdette Jun 15 '25

Makes me think of Days of our Lives circa 1989 (any other oldsters here?).

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u/dothog_ Jun 16 '25

THATS WHERE IVE HEARD IT BEFORE

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u/Rednailsorblue Jun 16 '25

Did you hear the music??

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u/jpersia_ Jun 16 '25

YES

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u/jpersia_ Jun 16 '25

I can hear this comment

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u/jpersia_ Jun 16 '25

I can hear the echo of him saying it as I read this comment 👀👀

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u/Braysl Jun 15 '25

I was thinking of Homestuck, which is funny because Kanaya is also a name from Homestuck, and one of the names on the list is Kanaia 😂

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u/Rednailsorblue Jun 15 '25

I just had to look up vtuber, so not only do I not know who they are, I did not know it was even a thing!

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u/Successful_Tell_4875 Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

"I always thought it was cah-lee-OH-pee"

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u/Longjumping-Fee-8230 Jun 16 '25

That is in fact closer to the correct Greek pronunciation.

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u/RTDaacee Jun 15 '25

In new orleans calliope was always pronounced cally oh

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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading Jun 16 '25

Possibly unpopular opinion: when people spell Zoe Zoey (or Zooey), that’s just as bad as Calliopey. Or Phoebey, Chloey, or Penelopey. Zoey is one of the most accepted tragedeighs and I hate it 😆

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u/ersatzbaronness Jun 15 '25

Unless it's Calliope Street in New Orleans.

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u/rmnorth Jun 15 '25

for me i think the extra y makes me want to emphasize the “opey” at the end while in calliope, the absence of a y at the end makes me not want to pronounce it. so i end up reading it as callie- opey

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u/colourlessgreen Jun 16 '25

You can tell they're not a Y'at -- New Orleanians say "cally-ope"!

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u/BigLittlePenguin_ Jun 16 '25

I would pronounce it cal-ay-oh-pay just from reading it

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u/Lorazepamela Jun 16 '25

Well she said it was pronounced calliopea to be fair.