Scylla name pronunciation

[Skiren]

I will say I'm used to a lot of these names because I play the game Smite, others might know the names from God of War, but because of that I find Scylla being pronounced with a hard K to sound wrong. Maybe you have good reason for pronouncing it the way it is though that I'm not aware of. (in Smite it's pronounced Sill-uh, because the C is silent, like in the word "scent")

Also as a side-thing, Eris should maybe have better detection for when she says hi to you at camp, since it's a bit weird that she says hi to you through the wall before even Dora does.

[-=MM=-Savage]

They pronounce it with a hard k because that is the correct pronunciation. Because they're greeks. And would therefore not use the anglicised pronunciation.

You're just assuming your other games are correct because you saw them first.

[hilfazer]

Oceanus on the other hand is pronounced with an s. I expected a k in both of those names (not an expert btw).

[-=MM=-Savage]

oh-ke-anos is an accepted authentically classical greek pronunciation. But oh-gen-os, ah-gen-os, and oh-gen are as well, according to first result wiki, so I guess ill call that one a wash?

[The Sojourner]

Originally posted by -=MM=-Savage:

....so I guess ill call that one a wash?

A wash... in the pools of Oceanus? It's said "Oceanus" btw :)

[Unacceptable Condition]

Originally posted by -=MM=-Savage:

They pronounce it with a hard k because that is the correct pronunciation. Because they're greeks. And would therefore not use the anglicised pronunciation.

You're just assuming your other games are correct because you saw them first.

I have never heard "scylla" pronounced with a hard k sound until Hades 2. "They're greeks" is a pointless point to make because they're not speaking Greek in the game. They are speaking in English so they should use English pronunciations.

Just posting a reply to support the OP, because the mispronunciation was annoying for me, so I checked if anyone else pointed it out

[hilfazer]

Scylla is pronounced that way because she and her band are very... scylled performers.

[teoky]

Little known fact, most 'sc' words were originally pronounced with a k sound in ancient languages. Though English is derived more from Latin than ancient Greek.

For example Science was originally pronounced Skientia. As it evolved people moved the k sound formed in the back of the mouth towards the front as the S sound and E/I sounds are also formed in the front of the mouth. This made it easier to say. It is the main reason why C can be either an S or a K sound depending on what vowel follows it.

Fun fact, back during the Renaissance people believed that English's base derived from Latin so they tried to "Latinify" the language. Rather than bringing back the K sound they strangely introduced the C into words that sound like they should have it but don't. Scent is one of those examples ironically, before the renaissance it had no C. There are also a bunch of rules they tried to introduced like whether or not one could split an infinitive.

You totally can in English but you literally cant in Latin as it is one word. There are other rules that they Renaissance scholars tried to introduce and strange spellings they thrust into our language like the 'b' in Debt.

Long story short pronouncing Scylla with a K is absolutely the correct way it was originally pronounced. However if one were to "englishify" the word the c essentially becomes silent. However there is another argument there to be made as to time frames. Things don't become automatically one way or the other they drift over time. If we heard the name Skylla it would take us years to transform it into Scylla and everyone that actually spoke the name natively would be like WTF.

Just some food for thought though I am sure it will be largely ignored.

[Metal Maniac]

Like others already mentioned, some less familiar names they pronounce with proper Greek pronunciation, therefore Scyla is indeed pronounced SKEE-LA, while Oceanus, being a familiar word in English is pronounced differently than the original Greek version (OKEANOS).
Bonus fact: Uranus is actually pronounced (OO-RA-NOS)
Source: I'm Greek.