Author Topic: Pronouncing your name.... (Read 2642 times)

Laldiien · « **on:** February 21, 2007, 07:09:21 AM »

[SIZE=16]This has come up from time to time, but say your character has a long elven name with apostrophe's and glottal stops...how do you pronounce it? In Honora's WLDQ app, she gives a phonetic pronunciation (Honor-Ah) rather than what we have heard (ah-NOR-ah) Granted some names are simple to guess (Zug) While others can be a bit confusing (Tath Zo'layum - Za'kodum) Nothing wrong, but I would llikely murder it if I tried to pronounce it?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16]So how do you pronounce your characters name? Those odfus that are mundane (Galen Tweed), well, we need some help.[/SIZE]

Honora · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:17:33 AM »

GAH-Leen Twuh-EE-Duh.

Leastways that's how I pronounce it!

*will be sleeping on the couch tonight, yes she will

*

Niles09 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:23:22 AM »

Sean Black should sound a bit like "seen black"....

Faldred · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:12:27 AM »

Zug -> ZUHG (As you point out, really obvious on this one, preferably really harsh. And LOUD.)
Aeoleth Ellyn -> AY-oh-leth ELL-in
Eamon Michaels -> AY-mon MY-kells
Ruh Zraht-hatubnot -> ROO ZRAHT-ha-TOOB-naht

MJZ · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:42:09 AM »

Caelte Amargein = KAYL-tee aw-VEER-een

Yep, that's not a severe typo. It's Olde Irish, ya know.

jjkolb · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:59:06 AM »

Somewhat dated but here's some:
http://www.layonaraonline.com/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=15482&start=1&highlight=gruh&highlightmode=1

LynnJuniper · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2007, 09:09:36 AM »

Right This looks fun:

Rhynn is just Rin.
Her full name however is pronounced: Rin-allah Ah-san-tee-an.
Saebhel is : Say-bell
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Shri'Vrae is simple: Shree - VrA (long A there). She however pronounces/deceives others by calling herself Sheree (Sheh-ree)

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Xyrae Venari -- Zeye-ray Ven-are-ree

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Wynry -- Win-ree

Weeblie · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2007, 09:39:01 AM »

The name "Alleina" is actually the part I'm most proud of to have created during the submission of the said character.

It's comming from the German word "Allein" which means "single, solo, lone" and is a very good description of the original character (shyness and the fact that she was left alone just after her birth due to her parents dying). The added "a" was simply to make the name look more suitable for a female character... and... heh... it can be classified as eye-candy, I guess ("Allein" feels somehow "cut of" in the English language point of view).

Pronounciation... Right... It should -not- be pronounced in the German way. *Shudders.* German is a such "harsh" language and very unfit to pronounce an "elven name".

Instead, use a soft voice and say something like: Ah-LEI-nah

Makashi · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2007, 10:36:43 AM »

hehe I always thought it was Al-ee-nah, you live and learn!

Ranéwin - I do wonder how many ways people say this but was intended to be: Ran-Aww-Win/Ran-Arr-Win

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:02:07 PM »

PEER-ran RAHth.

SHU Lin

GROK.

T-YAY-ann

SEV-uh-ren

lunchboxkilla · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:13:23 PM »

Cel-gar

kenty191 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:18:10 PM »

KARN!
ELZ-HAB-ELL TEAR-NEL-DTH
DEE-ON DARK-LASH

Fatherchaos · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:28:06 PM »

Dur'Thak (Dur - like the first syllable in duration, glottal stop, and Thack - like whack with a T. Very sharply spoken. The name as a whole sounds very harsh whenever spoken.)
Grinnash (Grin, as normal but the n sound is almost doubled, nash. Over all the word kind of rolls like its going down hill - grinnash)

Nehetsrev · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:35:20 PM »

Let's see....

Nehetsrev Llun = Neh-hets-rev Lun

Treana Min E'Zoenna = Tree-an-ah Min Eh-Zoe-ehn-ah

Melanna Jin'Daern = Mel-ah-na Jin-Day-urn

Lyle Underroot = LI-el Un-der-root

I'm terrible with phonetic spellings....hope those are about right. And that's a long-I sound in Lyle, by the way.

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2007, 01:53:09 PM »

Oh, and for my forum name (which is my legal name as well)...

STEE-ven ZUCK-er-man. *Chuckles.*

minerva · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:01:26 PM »

Kat re in Hom el

Jay sea

So fie ah

Lis say

Tia sar ru

J-ser · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:25:55 PM »

J'ser- Jay seer (His human father's attempt to come up with an elvish name)
Aziz- As is
Xilo - Xy low

Hehe

Jearick Hgar · « **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2007, 02:31:47 PM »

Heh, well i guess i should post mine since i was an example.

Tath Zo'layum TATH (like Math) Zoh Lay-um
Zo'kodum Zoh Koh-dum
Ziambii Ki Zee om-bee Kai (rhymes with Sigh)
N'i!a N eye-*click sound*-ah
N'!oko N *click sound*-oh-koh

Jearick H'gar Jair-rick Ha Gar

if you ask me IG i'm more than happy to prnounce everythign out. plus my Bio has how i pronounce most Ziambii words.

gilshem ironstone · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2007, 04:13:30 PM »

Gill(like a fish)-shem eye-ron-stone
Ge-lair-e-an (as in Gecko, I would hate if it was pronounced Ge as in hair gel)
Tristan (like with Iseult) Duh-Moi-a (moi is like a really thick Quebecois accent, if you don't know what I am talking about, get to Lac St. Jean for a Pepsi, Poutine, and Cinquante, if you don't know why any of those are funny, start in Montreal)

CHAzz · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:24:00 PM »

Iago Fionne = Eee ah go Fee own

.....great, just great. Now I'm going to be alternating between giggling about Pepsi, and really missing poutine.