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Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".
Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".
Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name
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Care on
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As a non English native: "Car on"
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Yeah that's how I'd pronounce it too, as a native English speaker.
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This is typically how it's pronounced in english.
in greek, the C is basically silent, and it's pronounced like Hair-on,
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Car on.
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Sharon
Pronounce the Ch like Chiropodist.
Hmm? Cherry picked example? No, I'm more of a rum man myself.
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Kerry picked example
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All of the idiots in this thread thinking they know how it's pronounced.
It's pronounced charon. SMH.
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Sh'yeah-ron. The way Wayne from Wayne's World would have said it. 😏
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I always found it funny to read it as Sharon, and now you're telling me it's named after someone called Charlene? This keeps getting better
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Sharon!!
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Kharon ofc
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The correct pronunciation is Chacarron. Rhymes with Macarron.
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Χάρων, of course
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Well, Charon if I’ve been speaking Italian more recently & Charon if French
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