Oh, I just thought of another one that drives me crazy. "Riposte" This is a fencing term, which we used often.... back in my fencing class in college. It is: "ri - post" It is not "ree - poh - zay" or whatever other crazy pronunciations I keep hearing on voice chat. Feel free to look it up, there is only one pronunciation for it.
Gotta add my many cp... First, my character's name: Barx Atthemoon. "Barx" is pronounced as you think it is: like Barks (as in the dog barks). "Atthemoon" is not pronouced "At The Moon". It's pronouced "ath-uh-moon" Its like two words, Atthe and moon, instead of 3-words. Now, onto Gods! KWEL-e-ous (Quellious) TU-narre (Tunare) (Tu pronouced like in french, with the 2 r's meaning I extend the r sound, instead of Tu -nair its Tu- narr with a sort of light sigh at the end being the e. KAH-zik Thuul (Cazic Thule) MITH-ahn-iel Marr (Mithanial Marr) (Marr pronouced like the enlish word "mar") EHR-rohl-issy Marr (Erollisi Marr) (I use more of an "e" and less of an "a" sound, as I think it shuold be). Zee-go-nee (Xegony) Feh-nin Roe (Fennin Ro) The Wrath(The Rathe) (Yes, I pronouce "Rathe" like "Wrath" only with less of a "w" sound and more of the r" Ber-tox-you-lous (Bertoxxulous) Brell Sir - illis (Brell Serilis) Sol-you-sekk Roe (Solusek Ro) In-nor-rook (Innoruuk) (with the o's being a very long, almost un-americanly-long o sound, think of the ue sound in "rue" only a bit longer) Zeb-Uhks-or-Ruk (Zebuxoruk) Saar-in (Saryrn) (I know I pronouce this one wrong -- for me that second r is silent) TER-isss Thuule (Terris Thule) (TER being liek the beginning of "Terror" -- TER-is instead of Ther is) Bristle-bane Fizzle-thorpe (Bristlebane) (Hes real easy to pronouce IMHO) Vee-shan (Veeshan) (just like its spelled) Rod-Set Knife (Rodcet Nife) Rall-Ohs Zek (Rallos Zek) Sull-on Zek (Sullon Zek) (like sullen, only with more of a "on" instead of "in" Talon Zek (Tallon Zek) (just like the word "talon") Valon Zek (Vallon Zek) (just like "talon" only with a "v" sound instead of "t" Prek-sus (Prexus) Cah-rah-na (Karana)
That would be a fair point, but for the fact that we are playing in a fictitious fantasy world where the words and pronunciation of the real world have little relevance.
Update: This does not work well when all of the "inside" letters are exactly reversed from the original word: Mroe dluciffit, i'nst it? I tnihk i'ts besuace the iraidemretny lrettes tned to be gepuord tehtegor in pemenohs taht the hamun mnid rdaes in slaml cknuhs, lkie "ck" and "ou," wcihh get dezinagrosid wehn eltcaxy resreved. Message Edited by BaruMonkey on 08-28-2006 11:23 AM
This is exactly the way I felt about Kaynoss. I originally learned the British English to compliment my native Russian, plus after studying Tolkien, I always pronounce ending -e in all propper names in EQ. It has always been Thooleh and Ratheh to me. I can imagine that many Slavs would pronounce it Cazich as well...
They are using a real word though. Mountains and rivers is still pronounced mountains and rivers, regardless of it being in a fantasy setting. Steppe was not a made up word, so they cant just tack whatever pronunciation they like onto it lol. If I heard someone talking about mountains and they pronounced it moo-un-tah-eens, you bet Id correct it! lol the word steppe is no different. It is a less used word yes, but that doesnt mean you can say it however you like (well you can....buuut I dont wanna go there for now lol). I am still having difficulties with Lucklin :smileytongue: There was no pronunciation guide...so we made our own rules hehe.
Probably the reason I have always pronounced it "Key" is comes from the word Quay which sort of fits it's traditional function as a port city.
I'm rather new to all this and was wondering about a few pronunciations myself, personally, I say Tune-ARE-ee (Tunare), and since Luclin is the goddess of shadows, I always thought that LUSS-lin sounded better in my head than either LUCK-lin or LOOSE-lin, but as the point has been made countless times, its varying pronunciations of imaginary words for the most part, and left up to whoever is saying it. For instance, my current main is named Preyforme, which is pronounced to me as PREY-for-me and not PREY-form as some people seem to think it is. Oh well, these are the main reasons I hardly ever use teamspeak, since the printed word cannot in any circumstances be misconstrued.
Ok I got one for ya. We all know that SoW stands for Spirit of the Wolf, but how do you pronounce SoW? Is is SoW like "sow your wild oats" or "sew a button on", or is it SoW, as in a female pig?
This is probably the most debated pronounciation for as long as the series existed. I pronounce it "So", as in "So what?"
The E in "bye" does nothing to the pronounciation of the actual word. How do you pronounce the word "by" and the word "bye" ? The same, correct?
I guess I'll jump on and say how I pronouce them, though it's really interesting to see the different ways people are saying things and pronouncing them. There are obviously the ways the devs intended them to sound, but I guess in the who looking at languages, there isn't a really wrong way to say it... imo. Depending where you're from and what languages you've been exposed to, can affect how you put together two letters. Having played EQ since mid beta days, most of these pronunciations I've been using forever and well they've just stuck Kel-ee-ous (Quellious) Toon-are-ay (Tunare) Ca-zik Thool (Cazic Thule) Mith-an-ee-al Marr (Mithanial Marr) Ear-all-is-ee Marr (Erollisi Marr) Zeg-oh-nee (Xegony) Fenn-in Ro (Fennin Ro) The Rayth (The Rathe) Ber-tox-you-lous (Bertoxxulous) Brell Ser-ell-iss (Brell Serilis) Sol-you-sek Roh (Solusek Ro) Inn-or-ruk (Innoruuk) Zeb-uhk-zor-ruk (Zebuxoruk) Sar-ay-en (Saryrn) Ter-ris Thool (Terris Thule) Brys-tul-bayn (Bristlebane) Veesh-ahn (Veeshan) Rod-set Nyfe (Rodcet Nife) Ral-lohs Zek (Rallos Zek) Sul-lon Zek (Sullon Zek) Tal-lon Zek (Tallon Zek) Val-lon Zek (Vallon Zek) Prek-sus (Prexus) Car-ah-na (Karana) Druh-zil Ro (Druzzil Ro) E-oh-ni Ro (Ayonae Ro) Loose-lin (Luclin) Po-vahr (Povar) Ee-chi (E'ci) Tar-oo Marr (Tarrew Marr) Veye-min (Vyemm) Fee-rot (Feerrott) Nah-gah-fen (Nagafen) Kay-nohs (Qeynos) Fel-with (Felwithe) Kela-thin (Kelethin) ------------------------- Those are all I can think of right now... this is quite an interesting thread
I always pronounce it 'Kay-Nose', as 'Key-Nose'... doesn't seem right. But then again I always get flamed on vent for it ("Kaynose? Where's Kaynose?? You have a WHAT claymore??").
I am not an expert by any means but I would say Vhalen = Vay-lin ILucide = E-lu-sid (if it is double LL I would say You-Sid) Jindrack = Yin-Drak (drak-ota drak sound)
