Do you say “Cassius” as two syllables or three? Have I been wrong this entire time?

[Anonymous]

I took 6 weeks of Latin in 7th grade and knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three. But I took five years of Latin.

Three. I have read enough Shakespeare.

[Anonymous]

Three, but I'm from the south and took one year of Latin.

[Anonymous]

Mom, what's an accent?

[Anonymous]

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Is this name pronounced “Cass-sea-us” ? I met a lady today call her son Cassius, “cass-sea-us” and now I’m wondering if it’s supposed to be said that way. Another person repeated the name and used the three syllable pronunciation.

A name is supposed to be pronounced the way the person wants their name pronounced.

This made me smile because way back when I worked with a woman named Laura spelled the way I just typed it. But she pronounced it Lara (lawra) she was very offended when people pronounced her name differently than herself. And it's not like she would say this is how to pronounce my name and then get mad if they pronounced it incorrectly after she tokd them, she got upset if they pronounced it incorrectly on the onset. How do I know. Because I pronounced it incorrectly when I first met her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Is this name pronounced “Cass-sea-us” ? I met a lady today call her son Cassius, “cass-sea-us” and now I’m wondering if it’s supposed to be said that way. Another person repeated the name and used the three syllable pronunciation.

A name is supposed to be pronounced the way the person wants their name pronounced.

This made me smile because way back when I worked with a woman named Laura spelled the way I just typed it. But she pronounced it Lara (lawra) she was very offended when people pronounced her name differently than herself. And it's not like she would say this is how to pronounce my name and then get mad if they pronounced it incorrectly after she tokd them, she got upset if they pronounced it incorrectly on the onset. How do I know. Because I pronounced it incorrectly when I first met her.

How does she pronounce it, Lowr-ah? I only hear Law-rah except in 30s movies.