dᵻspˈaɪt bˌiːɪŋ ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪnðɪ aɪˈɑːnɪk dˈaɪəlɛkt, ɪɾ ɪz nˌɑːt dʒˈɛnɚɹəli, ænd həznɑːt bˌɪn sˈɪns ɐ tˈaɪm bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃən ʌv bˈʊks, kənsˈɪdɚd təbi ðə wˈɜːk ʌv hɪɹˈɑːdəɾəs ænd ðˈɛɹfoːɹ ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə kˈɜːɹənt skˈɑːlɚli kənvˈɛnʃənz ðɪ ˈɔːθɚ mˈɛɹɪts ðə nˈeɪm "sˈuːdoʊhɪɹˈɑːdəɾəs."
Despite being written in the Ionic dialect, it is not generally, and has not been since a time before the publication of books, considered to be the work of Herodotus and therefore according to current scholarly conventions the author merits the name "Pseudo-Herodotus."