Author Topic: pronounciation (Read 2800 times)

teefal · « **Reply #40 on:** August 10, 2005, 05:49:00 PM »

Folian S'pae ... foe-lee-anne spay?

Ilsare ... ill-sahr-ay? (sahr rhymes with bar or far)

twidget658 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 10, 2005, 06:09:00 PM »

I pronounce Folian S'pae as:

Foe-lee-anne 'S'-pah

Pronounce the 'S' as the letter.

I say it this way because I think it sounds better.

Talan Va'lash · « **Reply #42 on:** August 10, 2005, 07:12:00 PM »

I'm with teefal on this one.

if it was "S'pa" I'd agree with S-Pah, but the "e" modifies it to Spay

Edit: Thats how I pronounce Ilsare too.

Talan Va'lash · « **Reply #43 on:** August 10, 2005, 07:18:00 PM »

Gah! just looked at this thread for the first time in a month! Tay-len Valish eeep!

Tal-an (First syllabal the "al" is pronounced as in the name Al, second "an" like the begining of the word "and")

Va'lash (First syllabal - Va as in Valentine Second - Lash as in... um, to lash someone with a whip. note: it is not intended to be associated with the word to which I compare it.)

Aasimar... well, you dont pronounce both A's in Aardvark. Might as well be Ardvark. Think this is the same way.

-TV

Edit - and yes, I thought this post different enough from my first to warrant being posted seperately, rather than added in an edit. hehe

GhostWhoWalks · « **Reply #44 on:** August 10, 2005, 07:43:00 PM »

Mispronoucing things can sometimes be embarassing...
A couple weeks ago I was at lunch with Neil Gaiman, and he asked when the next time the wife and I were going to be going to the US.
I was like... not sure, probably the next time you and Steven Brust do a con together.
I said Brust like it was first spoken to me, B-rust. Like the brown flaky stuff you find on iron.
He said in return... Yes, next time Steven Brust and I do something I'll let you know.
The problem is he said Brust like Brew-st. More like a tall foamy alcoholic beverage than brown flakey stuff.
It was mostly embarassing because Neil's surname always gets mispronounced too, and to mispronounce another author's name in a converstaion to him... was just stoneheaded of me. But I didn't know. I mean, we see these things in print but unless someone gives us a pronounciation key... we're just guessing.
Anyway... the first time I heard Leanthar say Ka-tee-a for Katia.. I was like huh? I still say Ka-shia. I probably always will. And Air-a-jen instead Air-a-gen exploded my head too. A lot of things he said one way I had always said another.
Ta'karsh Blacklung is Ta-Karsh. The Ta part is like Ta-da. And the Karsh part is like Marsh. The shortened version Ta'k, is like Attack. Or a thumb Tack.

lonnarin · « **Reply #45 on:** August 10, 2005, 08:30:00 PM »

I'll take a stab at some of my weird names of my characters... note that one of them is (Gunther) retired, another is a familiar (Quimby) and the another is a split personality of one gone insane from Corath fog mind warping. (Jarvis). I actually have a slot open for a new Player Character still, so how I'll top these crazy eights, I don't know.

Bjornigar Ironguts- "Bjorn" as in the nordic axe n hammer viking pronounciation... "Eee-gar" Iron and guts are sounded just as one would expect

Farros Galdor- Fay-russ (with a celtic accent to it, kind of like a cross between "russ" and "roose" as in moose, with a very slight tongue roll on the R) Gall as in gallstone, and "Dore" as in "hey, hold that door!"

Lonnarin Rydral- Lawnn Are in and Ri as in "Ni!" followed by Drawl

Rakish Feiwallen- Rah-Kish "Fay-Wall-en"

Jarvis Creed- "Jar-Viss" "Creed" as in "ance Clearwater Revival"

Gunther Ogden- "Goon" as in goonies, "Thur" as in Duur, Og as in log, and den as in "oolright den"

Brilligimble-Gyre Laggerwocky- Brilly Gimble as in "nimble", Gyre as in "Gyroscope" "Lagg-air-wock" as in the hing you cook with, and "eeeeeeeee" said really long and with a doppler effect as he runs past you hasted

The Nefarious Mr.Quimby- easy to pronounce but very hard to look at.

Gulnyr · « **Reply #46 on:** August 10, 2005, 08:48:00 PM »

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Tal-an (First syllabal the "al" is pronounced as in the name Al, second "an" like the begining of the word "and")

Va'lash (First syllabal - Va as in Valentine Second - Lash as in... um, to lash someone with a whip. note: it is not intended to be associated with the word to which I compare it.)

Are you sure? That doesn't sound nearly Elven enough to me. I thought it was more like tuh-LAHN vuh-LAHSH. Don't pronounce the uh parts too strongly; they are supposed to be schwa sounds.

And since I've got a new character since this was first posted, I'll add that her name is pronounced jen-AH-ra.

How about Rofirein? My two years of German in high school way back when make the last three letters jump out at me, so I tend to read RO-feer-EIN, where the major stress is on the first syllable, and ein sounds like the ine in mine. Sometimes I see the middle four letters instead, and it looks like ro-FIRE-in. I guess it could even be RO-feer-AIN, last syllable rhyming with rain.

Synpox · « **Reply #47 on:** August 10, 2005, 08:59:00 PM »

Aleister is Alice-ter

And I still dont know how to pronounce HLINT. I've argued with Force of Will over that plenty... me saying "Lint" and him being I suspect way off with "Hilnt."

Talan Va'lash · « **Reply #48 on:** August 10, 2005, 09:48:00 PM »

TA-lan VA-lash or ta-LAN va-LASH... I'll leave that one up to the viewer heh. The emphasis slightly changes the ta and va sounds like you were saying gul. I think I usually think/say it TA-lan va-LASH but I've been thinking about it way too much right now and it all sounds weird to me heh. Especially Rofirein.. esh, I normally know exactly how i pronounce that, but I've thought about it way to much now and cant reproduce it as i normally would. Though I think I lean towards your last option.

Trace Nightwind · « **Reply #49 on:** August 10, 2005, 11:24:00 PM »

Oholibama

Oh-whole-ee-bah-mah

Har Har Har

Diamondedge · « **Reply #50 on:** August 11, 2005, 01:12:00 AM »

Tiran Tentoes.

Tear. Ehn. Ten. Toes.

Got it?

TEAR-ehn TenToes (Where both syllables get the same accent, like two different words said real fast and smooshed together)

Talan Va'lash · « **Reply #51 on:** August 11, 2005, 02:22:00 AM »

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Trace Nightwind - 8/11/2005 12:24 AM

Oholibama

Oh-whole-ee-bah-mah

Har Har Har

I was pronouncing it Oh-li-ba-ma... left out a syllabal I guess

O-Holy-Bama!

jjkolb · « **Reply #52 on:** January 24, 2006, 11:30:11 AM »

Klaugraquene = CLAW-gruh-keen
Klaug = Clawg

Rayenoir · « **Reply #53 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:22:02 PM »

Noticed people trying to figure out Tre lately, so I'll drop in a pronunciation and an amusing anecdote from earlier today.

"Tray". I thought it was rather self-explanatory, but some people thought it was "Tree".

As for today, I was on my way to Sheetz after class for a shmiscuit. When I walked up to the cashier with my order, on her nametag was "Tre." My curiosity piqued, I had to ask, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but how do you pronounce your name?"

"Tray."

I was so very entertained. Never expected to see that name in real life.

Gulnyr · « **Reply #54 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:23:27 PM »

Oh.

I was saying "CLAW-gruh-KAY-nee."

I got "clawg" right, though.

Milo · « **Reply #55 on:** January 24, 2006, 12:38:39 PM »

Athus - Ah-Thus

Shadowblade225 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 24, 2006, 02:57:47 PM »

Michaelis
Mik' ale' lis

FlameStrike · « **Reply #57 on:** January 24, 2006, 04:21:24 PM »

Synal'dur

Synal'Dur

Hehe, pretty much like you read it.

Talan Va'lash · « **Reply #58 on:** January 24, 2006, 10:15:35 PM »

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Fl/\\m3Str!k3 - 1/24/2006 5:21 PM

Synal'dur

Synal'Dur

Hehe, pretty much like you read it.

Yeah, but you could read it either:

Sin - all - dur (sin, as in the seven deadly sins, all, as in the word all)

or

Sign - al - dur (sign, as in stop sign, al as in the name Al)

or any combination of the above to variations.

-TV

Zen · « **Reply #59 on:** January 25, 2006, 01:49:47 AM »

Well If you really want a boggle *rofl* Please help all the Dwarves and come up with a Dwarven-BrokenCommon in writen and pronouciation.

ROFL getting up -> OUCH! It really hurts after my Ortho Doc put a #8 needle in my knee tring to suck out a solid syst.