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The guide to pronouncing "Taliesin".
According to "the Prydain Guide", Taliesin (chief Bard of Prydain in the Lloyd Alexander books of the Chronicles of Prydain) should be pronounced tally-ESS-in. The pronunciation of the Taliesin buildings by the great Frank Lloyd Wright agrees with this.
The Key to Pronunciation from The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed by Cenydd Morus (http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/dyfed/fates-8.htm) states that it is Tal-yes'-in
Alias Mother Jonez tells us it's tawl-YES-een.
infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/Taliesin) insists on tal-E-es'in, as does allRefer.com (http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/T/Taliesin.html)
A list of welsh baby names on suite101 (https://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/baby_names/102876) gives TAL-eh-sin.
Y'know what? I don't have the foggiest. I like Tal-EE-es-in. Heck with it. Call me anything, I'll answer.
I am not the taliesinsmuse on Livejournal, and I would like to point out that I was here first. So there.
In the beginning was the word. And the word was: "Aardvark".
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Nice people who have C!-ed my writeups: (may they be rewarded by their deity of choice, or get good karma, or just have nice things happen to them)
Alright – this list was getting too complex. We’ll try it like this:
As of 3 Nov 2006:
10 C! from the noble wertperch and the righteous sid
7 C! presented by the excellent Ereneta
6 C! courtesy of the wonderful Orpheum, and the inexorable sneff, with a surprise 4 in a row from SharQ
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Level 1: December 24, 2002
Level 2: January 15, 2003 with Larry Adler
Level 3: February 19, 2003 with Musk duck
Level 4: May 7, 2004 with an upvote to one of sneff's w/us. Last writeup: Archerfish
Editor Cools: Steve Irwin (twice!), Eva Peron, and May 6, 2004.
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