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Old 07-28-2008, 04:26 PM
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"Sepia" How do you pronounce?

I've always pronounced it "C-Pia", but this morning these guys on the radio were talking about photography and kept pronouncing it "Sip-pia"... How is it pronouced? (correctly, that is)
Old 07-28-2008, 04:29 PM
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Cee Pee Yah
Old 07-28-2008, 04:39 PM
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I've always pronounced it 'see-pee-uh'


I've heard some say 'sep-ee-uh', and I hate it lol
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Cee Pee Yah
Yeah I suck at phonetics..

CEE PEE UH.....thats much better.
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Yeah I suck at phonetics..

CEE PEE UH.....thats much better.
not as bad as me... I wrote "C-Pia"
Old 07-28-2008, 05:50 PM
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I had always pronounced it "sep-ia" but that was incorrect:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sepia
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I always pro nounced it

"seh-pee-ah"

I guess I threw an extra sylabel in there
Old 07-31-2008, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by PixelHarmony
I always pro nounced it

"seh-pee-ah"

I guess I threw an extra sylabel in there
that's the same way I always pronounced it.


is it really SEE-PEE-uh?
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