Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know

[Civileme]

On Sunday 25 March 2001 16:40, you wrote:
> > it is Civileme.   You'd need a Turkish phonetic dictionary to
> > get it right
> > and also a mailer capable of seeing (and I'd need a font
> > capable of showing)
> > what appears to be the bottom of a figure 5 attached to the
> > nadir of the C.
>
> Maybe I'm dense, but I still don't know how to pronounce it.  Any chance
> you could give us a rough cut on the pronunciation?  I've always pronounced
> it "SIV-ill-ME" which I know is wrong.  And the only Turkish girl I knew
> just flew to Turkey for a 6 month assignment. :-(
>
> Matt

jzhiv ih Leh' mee, but most of my coworkers pronounce it siveelehm.

Civileme
Yes, tis my nickname as well