How do you pronounce Philemon?

ps139 · Mar 18, 2005

A friend and I were "debating" this yesterday, and I'm wondering what the correct pronunciation is.

herev · Mar 18, 2005

f eye lee' mon is how I say it

Miss Shelby · Mar 18, 2005

I say phil (as in the name phil)-a (short a) moan..

But you say toe-may-toe... I say to-mah-toe. Let's call the whole thing off.

Michelle

ps139 · Mar 18, 2005

This is pretty funny

My friend says it like herev.
I say it like Miss Shelby, except the last part, I say "mon" like a Jamaican, not like "moan."

epiclesis · Mar 18, 2005

I'd say "phil-ay-mon"

krstlros · Mar 18, 2005

I've had the same debate with someone who works upstairs.

I say "fil-lah-mon"
Her Bible study leaders says it's pronounced "fil-lay-mon"

Personally, I'll stick to my pronunciation until someone in the church officially tells me otherwise.

Wolseley · Mar 18, 2005

Priests I have known have always pronounced it "Fie-LEE-mon".

Carrye · Mar 18, 2005

Fil-a-mon

churl · Mar 18, 2005

Ok, so I am hungry now... I'm reading these posts and I see the word as
"Filet Mignon"

Ok - just thought I'd add a chuckle to the board today

Freedom&Light · Mar 18, 2005

And just to add another to the mix..LOL... I say it

fill-ee-mon

ps139 · Mar 18, 2005

Filet Mignon...!! LOL churl!

krstlros · Mar 18, 2005

Filet Mignon.
That's a good one.

Thank goodness I'm not a lector. I can just see myself now: "A reading from the book of Filet Mignon."

Paul S · Mar 18, 2005

krstlros said:
Filet Mignon.
That's a good one.

Thank goodness I'm not a lector. I can just see myself now: "A reading from the book of Filet Mignon."

Just don't be a lector in Week 30 of Ordinary Time, Year II, and you won't have to worry about it.

That's funny.

There's also "A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romulans".

krstlros · Mar 18, 2005

Paul S said:
Just don't be a lector in Week 30 of Ordinary Time, Year II, and you won't have to worry about it.

That's funny.

There's also "A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romulans".

Oh man. That is way too much.

Forest · Mar 18, 2005

Wolseley said:
Priests I have known have always pronounced it "Fie-LEE-mon".

I vote for that one.

I've always wondered how to pronounce "Onesimus"?

ps139 · Mar 18, 2005

LOL Forest, I was wondering that too!!
My guess is:

O - ness - eee- muss

/o 'nes i mus/

lonnienord · Mar 18, 2005

PHIL a mon

i have no idea on Onesimus I look forward to reading how you all pronounce that

krstlros · Mar 18, 2005

Okay, when I first saw that word, I thought it read "one-sinus".

krstlros · Mar 18, 2005

Anyone got a Bible pronounciation guide?

anawim · Mar 18, 2005

krstlros said:
Anyone got a Bible pronounciation guide?

Coming right up:

http://netministries.org/bbasics/bbwords.htm

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