In my time here, Holy Worlders have spent a great deal of time interacting with one another's characters, but since so much of that is in print, I have found that I often fall into the old reader's habit of having no idea how to pronounce the names of friends' characters, and they often have no idea how to pronounce mine. Here is a nice thread to use for inventorying names you have used that are frequently mispronounced or write up a list of all character names to avoid such troubles.

Here are a few of mine.

Kaida: (contrary to the Japanese origin, it is pronounced KAY-duh)

Guilo: (GHEE-low)

Aderyn: (ah-DEER-rin)

Aren: (AR-en) (R. N.)

Sang: (As the past tense of sing)

Erronys: (ear-OH-nis)

Pernoxnix: (pur-NOKS-niks)

Lakkerfax: (lak-UR-faks)

Lumevita: (loom-VEE-tah)

Fulgar: (FOOL-(oo as in book)-gar)

Umectra: (oom-EK-trah)

Stellwento: (stehl-WHEN-toe)

Yaaaaay!! This is a great thread. Lessee....



Alastair: AL-(like the nickname of Albert)-ah-STARE.
*Note: Alace is pronounced like "Palace," without the P, not like Alice in Wonderland. *firm nod* >_>

Anatháme: ann-uh-THAAA-may

Annwyl: ANN-will

Breindel: bree-(like the cheese)-n-DELL

Egnitheos: Egg-NEE-thee-ohs

Ekklesia: eh-KLEE-see-ah

Elquen: ELL-kwen

Esh Okhlah: ESH (like fresh) Awh-kluh

Hlawo: LA-woah

Heilaga Miasto: HEE-lah-gah my-AEE-stoh

Iehova-Rophi: Eye-OH-vah ROW-(like row boat)-fee

Jaegar: JAY-gar (like the fish)

Joutsen: Joe-SENN

Mandek: Man-deck

Lajh: LAZ (like the first syllable of Lazarus.)

Ryver: RYE-vurr

Sohl: soul

Steffen: Steff-(like a staff, but with an E)-ENN (like a pen without the P)

Strygif: STRY-(like why)-jif (like the peanut butter)

Tynni: Tih-nee

Ualtar: oo-AHL-tar (like Walter, but different)

Velix: VEE-licks

Ximena: zih-MEE-nuh

Ypche: Yip-KEY

Ziven: ZEE-venn (like the math diagram! )



If there's any I'm forgetting, let me know.

Tadhg - tyg (as in 'tiger')

Aelfcynn - ailf-kin

Terran - tair-en

Keallan Morogh - key-ahl-en mor-ohg

Sol - pronounced like 'soul'

Kafziel - kaf-zee-el ('kaf' is pronounced kaff; it rhymes with 'chaff')

Deavlo - dee-ahv-low

Sarai - suh-rye

Ciaran - keer-ahn

Leila - lay-la

Lindemann - lind-uh-menn

Arisso - uh-riss-o

Ouska: Ooh-ska
Berond: Bear-und
Varon: Vair-un
Hope Faerwald" Hope Fair-wald

I'm pretty sure that's how Faerwald is pronounced, as I can't actually find the correct pronunciation anywhere.

The s is said before the k?

I misspelled.

It is Ouska. Not Ouksa. So, yes, the S is pronounced before the K. It even comes before the k. I just forgot how to spell my own character's names.

Just thought I'd ask. It's hard when every other word a sci-fi or fantasy author writes is underlined in red squiggles.

Sikernesse ~ sigh-CUR-nehss