Kai-tawr, obvs
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I pronounce it like sen + tar, and accent it like boxcar. Can't think of a reason, that's just how it looks to me.
Cent-aur.
Sen-tar
Because that's the only way I've ever even heard it pronounced. This thread is gonna be wild.
Me too. I'm not a pedantic Latin-pronouncer who'd say "ken-tower"
I recognise that “kentawur” is correct, but reject it because “sentar” just sounds more correct.
Just because an English word was originally Latin and is written the same way, doesn't mean it's pronounced the same way. It's an English word now. It has an English pronunciation, pluralisation and definition that can all be different from the original. "Kentawur" is not correct for the English word.
I thought this question would get almost no attention, but so far I've gotten almost one response per minute. Well predicted.
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sen-tor
As in taurus, which rhymes with torus.
This is how I pronounce it in Canada
That's how merriam webster pronounces it! I'd pronounce it like that as well, got curious, so I googled
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Cen-toor
Like the other commenter I pronounce it sen-tor. Just like the word "dinosaur" I would pronounce die-no-sor if that makes sense. Both words end in "aur".
...though now you've got me curious about how you and your wife pronounce dinosaur :)
Dino-saw. That's just because of how the DNA molecule character pronounces it in Jurassic Park, and it cracks me up.
I always heard it as dina-sour in Jurassic Park, can't shake that mental reference haha
ken-tavr, I think that's similar to how it pronounced in a lot of languges around here, it's also pretty similar how original greeks did it (kένταυροι)
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I pronounce it "Phil". And he would appreciate it if you would stop staring at his missing eye.
If it’s in a Greek or ancient Latin context I pronounce it with a hard C, but if it’s a general English context I pronounce it with a soft C.
I’m not sure what the third way would be.
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Man, English is a mess.
Be fair. We inherited most of that mess from the French.
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Can’t are
Cent-our
Scent-ore
Simply "englishified" from French where I’ve ever heard only one way, Centaur (100 tor).
sen-tar
"sen-" like "cent" (like 25 cents), and "-tar" like "a tar pit"
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