Moss Spelling Dictionary

The fully phonetic version: hiepojimnia

heard as hiepojimnia

spelled hypogymnia

Every sound is right. The spelling is hypogymnia.

What the ear did

Three separate conventions have been overturned at once: hy for the sound of high, g for the sound of j, and y for the sound of i. All three are Greek in origin and none of them is audible.

Sound decision: two sound decisions at once. Said hy-poh-JIM-nee-uh.

H-Y-P-O-G-Y-M-N-I-A

The full entry for hypogymnia covers the name itself.

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