wrote:
On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 6:51:12 AM UTC-5, Mike Collins wrote:
Mike Collins wrote:
wrote:
On Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, ddouglas wrote:
... and down here in Texas we say Plaay-ahhh-daees :-) said very slowly.

(just kidding)

Allan Tingey wrote in message ...
How do you pronounce Pleiades?

why would anyone from or in texas need to use that word?


Why resurrect a thread from the last century?




However since it has been resurrected it's Ply a dees rhyming with Hyades
in UK English.



http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de...glish/pleiades

The "howjsay" link posted above, in a very British accent, pronounces the
first syllable as either "play" or "plea."



That's the US pronunciation.
You can access both from the link.