How do you pronounce Delphi?

[Joe Woodbury]

I've always used and heard the fy-ending. Looks like dictionary.com agrees: Del⋅phi    /ˈdɛlfaɪ/ [del-fahy] Del·phi (děl'fī')

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[Nish Nishant]

Interesting - I've heard both. I suppose this is like Linux/Lynux or Nikon/Nykon.

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[Corinna John]

Once upon a time there was an Oracle DB in Delphi language. ;) AFAIK it was fee-ending.

This statement is false.

[Nish Nishant]

Corinna John wrote:

AFAIK it was fee-ending.

Yeah, but Americans typically change the ee-sounds to y-sounds. Example : Nikon, Linux. So I am sure lots of Americans pronounce it as Delphy (y-sound).

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[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Dell-fai

[Corinna John]

So, you're Nyshent in America?

This statement is false.

[Nish Nishant]

Corinna John wrote:

So, you're Nyshent in America?

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised :-)

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[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Delphi is a Greek word that was always pronounced Dell-fai. is in the "Oracle of Delphi"[^]. The idea of an Oracle (define: oracle[^] is a ancient thing. There are notes on how the word is pronounced: The name Delphi is pronounced, in the English manner, as "Delf-eye" or in the Greek manner, as "Delfee" depending on regional accent. The Greek spelling transliterates as "Delphoi" (with "o" added).[^] So, if we were to be absolutely correct, it would be pronounced Delfoy.

[Nish Nishant]

Ah okay, thanks :-)

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[Dan Neely]

The Oracle of Delpheye, the programming language Delphee. (consistency is overrated).

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[Kevin McFarlane]

I think it's supposed to be fy but I've always pronounced it fee.

Kevin

[SalarSoft]

Delphee is easier for me ;P

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[Greg Chelstowski]

What's a Delphus anyway? :)

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[CMullikin]

I realize this thread is quite old, but I stumbled across this misleading post. In Greek, the vowel combination "oi" is pronounced "ee". I realize this seems weird, but it is correct.