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| Author: | Riniel Jasmina [ February 27th, 2015, 2:31 am ] | 
| Post subject: | Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| 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) | |
| Author: | Lady Abigail Mimetes [ February 27th, 2015, 10:02 pm ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| 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.     | |
| Author: | Cain [ February 28th, 2015, 3:37 am ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| 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 | |
| Author: | Varon [ February 28th, 2015, 9:50 pm ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| 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. | |
| Author: | Riniel Jasmina [ February 28th, 2015, 11:20 pm ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| The s is said before the k? | |
| Author: | Varon [ March 2nd, 2015, 10:13 pm ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| 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. | |
| Author: | Riniel Jasmina [ March 2nd, 2015, 10:41 pm ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| Just thought I'd ask.  It's hard when every other word a sci-fi or fantasy author writes is underlined in red squiggles. | |
| Author: | Lady Abigail Mimetes [ May 15th, 2015, 11:40 pm ] | 
| Post subject: | Re: Glossaries of Pronunciation | 
| Sikernesse ~ sigh-CUR-nehss | |
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