How do you pronounce Melnibone?

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How do you pronounce Melnibone?

Mel ni bO nee
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Mel ni bO nay
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Mel ni ba nee
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Mel ni ba nay
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Mel ni bOn
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Something else (please elaborate)
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11%
 
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How do you pronounce Melnibone?

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I hope the choices presented are clear enough. I'm curious what the prevailing opinion about pronunciation is.
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mel-NIB-o-nay.

That's how Moorcock pronounces it on the live Hawkwind album, anyway. :)
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mel-ni-bo-NAY
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mythfish wrote:mel-NIB-o-nay.

That's how Moorcock pronounces it on the live Hawkwind album, anyway. :)
That's great information! Thanks for posting it.
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Oh, right. Look to the actual author for the correct answer. How lame because it totally kills all discussion. :lol:
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Well, if it helps, Finarvyn, Moorcock is also on record as saying there is no set pronunciation, its down to how the reader feels it should be pronounced. I guess he's advocating reader agency, in that respect.
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MEL ni bən

The 'ni' is slightly more accented, than the 'bən'.
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