text:  Marseis. Marseisa. Marseisa. Marseisa. I guess that's his name. Nobody could get it right. There's about 25 ways of pronouncing it. How do you pronounce S-Y-Z-Y-G-Y? What kind of word is that? Jim Berkland, hello. Hello, Art. It's from the Greek. Zygos, meaning yoked together like a team of oxen.