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Old 12-04-2010, 06:31 AM   #101 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy View Post
How would one pronounce Tera Melos?
Just pronounce the two E's like in lemon. BTW, it means monstrous music or marvelous music in Ancient Greek:

  • TERA: It means monster and also marvel. That is, something uncommon in both cases. I guess the guys wanted to make that pun because of the kind of music they play.
  • MELOS: It means music. For instance, in Spanish we have a word to say music lover: melómano (or melómana if it is a woman), from Greek melos + mania (that is, something like music-maniac).

EDIT: Ops! I forgot this: The word melody comes from the Greek melos too.
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