Orffyre :- Orffyreus

[Fletcher]

Often I read things erroneously. By the time I've decided that I'm actually quite interested in what I'm reading I have already shortened / condensced or otherwise changed some of the words into easy-mind-speak. Case in point : reading Tolkens' LTOR triology when I was a kid. The charactors names & place names that I recognise from the book bare only a cursory resemblance to Peter Jacksons films.

So with Orffyre & Orffyreus. Is the pronounciation ... Or-ffyre & Or-ffyre-us (as in Or-fire & Or-fire-ous) or something completely different ?

For ages I read it as Or-frey-us & I'm trying to change that. Your renditions appreciated.

[Jonathan]

I do the same thing, even this: "Or-frey-us"
And since he was accused of trying too get people to confuse him with Orphreus (sp?), I assume it is pronounced like that. But I'm not sure, because if I look at the spelling and think about it, I come to the conclusion of "orf-ee-ree-us".

[ovyyus]

I think orffyre = or-fire-ee and orffyreus = or-fire-ee-us. Is it possible to discover how it was pronounced by Bessler?

[MrTim]

To me it sounds like 'Or-fear-ee-us', or 'Or-free-us'.
Of course, it's much easier to just call him 'Bessler'....

[John Collins]

I agree with Ovvyus' pronunciation :-

I think orffyre = or-fire-ee and orffyreus = or-fire-ee-us. Is it possible to discover how it was pronounced by Bessler?

I did wonder at some point in the past, if there might be some clue as to how to pronounce the word but as far as I#m aware there isn't. As Jonathan said, people accused him (JB) of using the name Orpheus, so presumably it must sound something like that.

John

[Fletcher]

Hey, thanks Guys,

Or-fire-ree it is then :-)

Now if I can only work out how to say - you know, the short precious guy, with big feet & fish eyes - yeah ... E..l..i..j..a..h ... Wood.

[coylo]

When I first came to join this discussion board, I tried to log in under the name "Orifice", (I shoulda tried Oryfus) but I guess it was censored.

Since then my sense of humour has matured.............slightly.

[scott]

When I first came to join this discussion board, I tried to log in under the name "Orifice", (I shoulda tried Oryfus) but I guess it was censored.

Hi Coylo,
No, I didn't censor it, you just never activated the account. You submitted a hotmail address... Have you checked your hotmail inbox lately?
-Scott

[coylo]

Probably one of my old hotmail accounts. 2MB was crap, Yahoo mail has now gone to 100MB for free!

Ah well, nevermind.

[Jonathan]

I agree that the 2MB is not great, but I got a message not long ago from the hotmail staff saying that hotmail was upgrading to 250MB, for free.

[jim_mich]

I agree that the 2MB is not great, but I got a message not long ago from the hotmail staff saying that hotmail was upgrading to 250MB, for free.

250MB ?? It would take me 24 hours to download that much.

[VergingOnDone]

I agree that the 2MB is not great, but I got a message not long ago from the hotmail staff saying that hotmail was upgrading to 250MB, for free.

250MB ?? It would take me 24 hours to download that much.

Spymac account gives you a gig free email account.

[BZ]

This has probably already been posted......


Interesting read here.....

http://www1.iwvisp.com/LA4Park/BesslerWheelPaperRTF.rtf

[John Collins]

Interesting read here.....

http://www1.iwvisp.com/LA4Park/BesslerWheelPaperRTF.rtf

Interesting yes, and ingenious, but please take his assumptions and conclusions with a very large chunk of salt. Much of his 'evidence' is apparent only to his own eyes.

[murilo]

''I think orffyre = or-fire-ee and orffyreus = or-fire-ee-us. Is it possible to discover how it was pronounced by Bessler?''

In my poor german, I guess he could call himself as ''orf-feerre'' and
''orf-feerrois'', reading as in english.
Vieleicht kan Herrn Künster uns hilfen, ja?
My wishes for the very best 2005 to you all!
Regs. M. SP 29/dec/2004