Pronounciation
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Pronounciation
I know this may sound strange to some of you... but i think we should write how our character's names are pronoused... especially elvish names which are a mouthfull....
Personally, my mother tongue is harsh, so i prononuce them all in a harsh manner... maybe it is not what the creator intended...
Eliron Sharid
Prononced --> Ell-E-Ron... Sha-Rid
Hopes this clarifies... something...
Personally, my mother tongue is harsh, so i prononuce them all in a harsh manner... maybe it is not what the creator intended...
Eliron Sharid
Prononced --> Ell-E-Ron... Sha-Rid
Hopes this clarifies... something...
It sounds like a nice idea, but considering different people have different languages and dialects, I think the pronouncing of names will always be different. Even though you may want your name to be pronounced like you yourself say it, it is not for sure that for example an elf and a dwarf would pronounce a human name the same way...
This is only a thought however.
~ Haverix.
This is only a thought however.
~ Haverix.
I think that part of making the character name is getting others to calm him/her by it... if i dont know how to pronounce it, or pronounce it differently, it will lose its value...Dhuri wrote:Even though you may want your name to be pronounced like you yourself say it, it is not for sure that for example an elf and a dwarf would pronounce a human name the same way...
In the game, if someone tells you the name, you are hearing it, so all speak it in the same way...
Personally, i couldn't prononouce Salathe's name.. thanks...
[Try to write the prononosiation using the British English language]
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Well, I was thinking of the "harsh" 'On' as spoken in English, I suppose "Aan" would result in the same.Misjbar wrote:Moirear Sian=Moy-Rae-Ahr, Sea-Aan.
I always imagined it like that. But alright, I shall try to reconfigure my brain.
I actually posted that because three different people thought that "Sian" was pronounced differently, like these words/names:
• "Scion" ('Sai-yan')
• "Cyan" ('Sai-yen')
• "Sean" ('Shawn')
• "Xian" ('Shahn')
'Sea-Aan', or 'Sea-On', that's the right way.
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ˈʁakəʁə diːˌploːˈmatʁə
ʁ - rarely used in english, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_uvular_fricative
a - short, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel
k - key, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosive
ə - about, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
d - dip, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosive
iː - eat, long, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_fron ... nded_vowel
p - pen, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive
l - light, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_l ... pproximant
oː - no, long, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_ ... nded_vowel
m - mother, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasal
t - try, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive
ˈʁakəʁə diːˌploːˈmatʁə
ʁ - rarely used in english, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_uvular_fricative
a - short, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowel
k - key, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosive
ə - about, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid_central_vowel
d - dip, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosive
iː - eat, long, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_fron ... nded_vowel
p - pen, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosive
l - light, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_l ... pproximant
oː - no, long, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_ ... nded_vowel
m - mother, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasal
t - try, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive
Last edited by Rackere Diplomatre on Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:05 am, edited 1 time in total.