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• A silly one, but a name you can say wrong if you see it written down is Gabrielle!(Gab-ree-elle) The mis-pronunciation is the male version of the name Gabriel - GAY-bri-el, however, even within the show there are variations in how the name is said.
  Xena`s mother Cyrene often seems to say it as GAB-reel, with the emphasis on the first syllable, whereas Xena tends to drawl it as Gab-ri-EEHHLL with the emphasis on the last syllable, and in that sexy voice!

• S6 introduced us to the Amazon Varia played by Tsianina Joelson, but how *DO* you pronounce her first name?? Well, it is pronounced CHA-NEE-NA

• In Devi, Gabrielle is possessed by an evil spirit called...well, in the episode it is pronounced Tat-ar-ka and Tart-i-kar. So who knows!

• Michael Hurst plays the character Iolaus. Easy to pronounce if you watch the show all the time, or even just now and then, but I have heard a few odd ways of saying it. It should be EE-Oh-LUS not EYE-Oh-LUS.

• The name that I realised I had been saying wrongly for years and that inspired me to create this page was the actor Robert Trebor who plays Salmoneus.
  Robert TRE-BUR(to rhyme with Trevor) not TREE-BOAR

• While we are on actors, the one who plays Callisto is another name to get right.
  Hudson Leick pronounced LIKE,
  and it is CA-LEE-STOW rather than Cal-IS-tow

• Renée O'Connor is said with the emphasis on the second syllable
  Ren-NAY not REN-ee

• Probably not needed, but Ted and Sam Raimi's surname is said
  RAY-MEE

• Help needed here, I love Draco actor Jay Laga'aia, but how do you pronouce it? At a guess LA-GUY-AH...

• Gabrielle's home town of Poteidaia is a cause for debate on the spelling front, but is pronounced
  PO-TU-DEE-UH not POT-a-dee-uh (think Po of the Teletubbies!)

• Xena's weapon, the chakram is pronounced
  SHARK-RUM not CHAK-RAM (a "sh" not a "ch" sound)

• Bad girl Najara seen is Series 4 is pronounced
  NU-SHA-RA rather than NA-JAR-AH

• Ultimate evil Dahok (or Dahak) is said
  DAY-HOCK (or DAY-HAWK if you say it with an American accent!)

• Gabrielle's sister Lila says her name
  LIL-AH not LIE-LAH or anything else

• Xena's brother Toris is not a Taurus!
  TOR-ISS should rhyme with BORIS

• Rob Tapert, executive producer and husband of Lucy Lawless pronounces his name
  TAP-URT not tape-urt

• Borias/Khrafstar actor, the sexy Marton Csokas has a name of Hungarian extraction. After emailing someone who has a Marton Csokas web site I got this reply:
  "I've heard it a couple different ways but from 2 people who've worked with him it's more dropping the C on the last name. SO-KAS but making the vowels softer. The first name is MAR-TONE"
• Xena Costume designer Ngila Dixon is pronounced
  NYE-LA Dixon

• I have been told the episode entitled Devi has a contentious pronounciation. I have heard it should be said,
  DEEE-VEEE rather than DEV-EE longer vowel sounds, but I am not sure about this one.

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