# Aurelia - how do you pronounce it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476 "2005-03-20T22:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/21 "2005-03-23T03:01:05Z")
> [@kka](#): > > It went really well. > > I’m student teaching and was scared that the class wouldn’t enjoy her poems. I adore them and was really hoping my enthusiasm would carry over. They say that the most important thing is to teach what you love, so that’s what I have been trying to do. You’re a teacher! You’re teaching poetry! Bless you! Btw, did Smith College help you out, or did you find it from another source? ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/22 "2005-03-23T21:40:09Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > You’re a teacher! You’re teaching poetry! > > Bless you! > > Btw, did Smith College help you out, or did you find it from another source? One of my former English professors helped me out. I’m in the midst of a two week unit on poetry. We studied Emily Dickinson last week and Sylvia Plath this week. I also have a unit planned on war poetry in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/23 "2005-03-23T23:34:01Z")
> [@kka](#): > > I also have a unit planned on war poetry in a few weeks. May I recommend Yusef Komunyakaa’s **Dien Cai Dau**. And, of course, selections from Whitman (but you’re probably already using those). ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/24 "2005-03-24T01:34:16Z")
> [@kka](#): > > It went really well. > > I’m student teaching and was scared that the class wouldn’t enjoy her poems. I adore them and was really hoping my enthusiasm would carry over. They say that the most important thing is to teach what you love, so that’s what I have been trying to do. Right on. I loved Sylvia Plath’s poems when we read them in high school. So much so that I went and found a copy of _The Bell Jar_ to read. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/25 "2005-03-24T12:55:02Z")
The movie about Sylvia Plath that starred Gwyneth Paltrow was filmed in the seaside village where I grew up. I know it’s not quite relevant, but I just like saying it because it amazes me so much. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/26 "2005-03-24T16:28:28Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > May I recommend Yusef Komunyakaa’s **Dien Cai Dau**. And, of course, selections from Whitman (but you’re probably already using those). Actually I hadn’t planned on using that one. I will have to look at it. I’m using Siegred Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Randall Jarrel and some Israeli war poetry. I’m still looking for a few more poems to round it out. I also plan to use an excerpt from Catch-22 and Johnny Got His Gun. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/27 "2005-03-24T16:29:58Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The movie about Sylvia Plath that starred Gwyneth Paltrow was filmed in the seaside village where I grew up. I’m using a few clips from the movie and sone of them is when they are at the seaside and Plath is suffering from insecurity and writer’s block. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/28 "2005-03-24T16:35:18Z")
> [@kka](#): > > Actually I hadn’t planned on using that one. I will have to look at it. > > I’m using Siegred Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Randall Jarrel and some Israeli war poetry. I’m still looking for a few more poems to round it out. I also plan to use an excerpt from Catch-22 and Johnny Got His Gun. Good choices. My students always had strong reactions to Dien Cai Dau – powerful stuff about Viet Nam. Wilfred Owen. Yeah. One of the best. Randall Jarrell’s “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” was the poem that opened my eyes, at the age of 10, to what poetry could be. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/29 "2005-03-24T16:43:52Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Wilfred Owen. Yeah. One of the best. > > Randall Jarrell’s “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” was the poem that opened my eyes, at the age of 10, to what poetry could be. I love Own and “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” is one of the most powerful poems ever written. I am off to read to Dien Cai Dau! ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/30 "2005-03-24T19:07:59Z")
> [@kka](#): > > Aurelia Plath was the name of Sylvia Plath’s mother. She’s (Aurelia Plath) my great aunt and we always said aw-real-ya. But then again, I could be completely crazy considering my ancestry 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/31 "2005-03-24T22:57:10Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > She’s (Aurelia Plath) my great aunt I would love to hear any stories you are willing to share! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/32 "2005-03-25T02:00:29Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Whose name is it? Is it a person, a place, or a thing (e.g., ship)? Also the name of an old [Lancia](http://www.carsfromitaly.com/lancia/index.html) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/33 "2005-03-25T14:31:55Z")
> [@kka](#): > > I would love to hear any stories you are willing to share! Don’t really have anything other I can tell you that our family is a testament to the fact the there is a genetic link with manic depression :). I’m not divulging any family secrets, but I’m not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476/34 "2005-03-25T17:38:02Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > I’m not divulging any family secrets, but I’m not kidding. Feel free to ignore these question if you feel it is an inappropriate question, but how did the family feel about the posthumous fame that Sylvia has received? Did the Plath family remain close to Sylvia’s two children? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aurelia-how-do-you-pronounce-it/295476.md?page=1)