How do you pronounce things?

There's probably a lot of variation out there (which is a function of most written mediums), so I'm curious as to how everyone pronounces different things in the game! I.e. character names, organizations, lore stuff, etc. I think there was a thread about this before, but it's super old.

I'll start!

Iselle - eye-ZELLE, with a similar "s" as the one in "Isadora" or "Isabelle"

Bahir'an - buh-HERE-rahn
Nebre'seir - NEH-bruh-seer
Ve'kahi - vuh-KAH-hee
D'baen - duh-behn (Frenchish way)

Abhorash - AB-hor-rash
Chakrasul - ends up chack-russell in my head, which I can't stop now

Indorani - in-DORE-ran-nee
Sentaari - sen-TAR-ree

Grecht - grekt
Tsol'aa - tuh-SOLE-lah (I am positive this is wrong, like the "T" is silent or something, but I can't help it)

Iviofiyiedu - no idea
Hlugnic Labyrinth - hewg-nick?
Djeir - duh-jeer?
Iernian Fracture - eye-er-nee-an

Players whose names I am sure I am butchering in my head:

@Asaraii - az-ZAR-rai
@Eztli - ehz-tuh-lee
@Zhuli - not sure how to present it phonetically, but I can't unsee the mandarin pronunciation
@Zsadist - ...zee-sadist (sorry)
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  • ..lol...Chack Russell..
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    IselleArekaTragerAldricAryanneAsaraiiTeani
  • I wish my brain could stop it.
  • JensenJensen Corruption's Butcher
    Nah brei sea year
    Ab whore rash
    Asari (like mass effect)
    Ra shart
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    Iselle
  • Actually, its

    Zsadist - zay-dist (The s is silent)


    Bahir'an - ba-he-ron
    Nebre'seir - ne-bruh-sare
    @Trikal - truh-call (Or Triks for short)
    (Oasis): Benedicto says, "There was like 0.5 seconds between "Oh hey, they're in area. That was quick." and "OMFG THEY'RE IN THE AREA STAHP STAHP!""


    Iselle
  • Yeah, I was almost certain that wasn't what you intended, haha. That's good to know!
  • AishiaAishia Queen Bee
    ;)
  • ArekaAreka Drifting in a sea of wenches' bosoms
    edited November 2015
    Organizations:
    Bahir'an - bah-HEER-un, but one of those slightly flicky Rs, not a full roll.
    Nebre'seir - neh-breh-SEAR
    Ve'kahi - Veh-KA-hee, short hee.
    D'baen - di-BAEN (idk how to describe that subtlety, like bean sidhe, not bean the vegetable).

    Enorian: eh-NORE-yan (soft a)
    Duiran: DUR-ran (rolly R emphasis)

    Places:
    Iviofiyiedu - ivy-OH-Few-*sneeze*, ivy-OH-few-yay-doo?
    Hlugnic Labyrinth - HLUGNICK (not really), (exhale emphasis)HLOO-nick?
    Djeir - DEH-jeer
    Iernian Fracture - YEARN-yan (soft a)

    People:
    Areka - a-WRECK-a, get it, because she's a Troll. Literally my train of thought.
    Abhorash - AB-ore-ash (as in wash)
    Chakrasul - SHACK-rah-sool
    Ethne - ETH-ney
    Iosyne - YEO-seen
    Maghak - Ma-hack (phlegmey bit in there),
    Omei - Oh-may
    Slyphe - Sly-ffffffff

    Other:
    ylem - llem
    Grecht - greh'kt

    *Amending as other folk post things!

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    IselleAryanne
  • Huh, never knew that about Zsadist. I've always straight up just said z-sadist. That... changes things. Slightly.

    As for Grecht, I speak German rather decently, so I've always said that as a super German word. Gr-echt (with extra phlegm and hate).

    Iosyne - eye-oh-seen
    Abhorash - Ab-whore-ash ( sorry :( it's not a bad word if it's in a pronunciation clearly!)
    Asaraii - Az-arr-eye
    Chakrasul - Chahk-ruh-sool
    Areka - Uh-reek-uh
    Rashar - Ru-shar (rhymes with star sound)
    Xiuhcoatl - No.


    Ylem - Yem. Yuh-lem? I switch, I can't decide howtf I want to say it. Pls halp

    Indorani - In-door-ah-knee
    Sentaari - Sent-arr-eee

    Ve'kahi - Vay-kah-hee
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    Feelings, sensations that you thought were dead. No squealin' remember, that it's all in your head.
    IselleAryanne
  • AishiaAishia Queen Bee
    Chack Russel Terrier.
    ZsadistDristinIselleAryanneNolaPeriluna
  • Though written as "Dhar", it is actually canonically pronounced "soo-per aw-sum dood"

    AnfiniAryanneIselleAarbrokAlastairAdaliTragerCiarellePeriluna
  • edited November 2015
    Diogen said:

    Though written as "Dhar", it is actually canonically pronounced "soo-per aw-sum dood"

    No.
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    IshinAarbrokTeaniAlastairGhend
  • Because I feel like being a little more long winded this time..... here we go:

    Gods/Admin (sorry if I missed a few of you or didnt list you, some of your names are straight forward):
    Razmael - Raz-mail
    Damariel - Duh-mar-e-el
    Iosyne - eye-o-sin
    Dhar - Dar (Like dark, only without the k)
    Chakrasul - chock-ra-zul
    Ethne - eth-knee
    Avareti -a-vu-ret-ee
    Ivoln - eye-voln
    Auresae (She ded now) - or-eh-say
    Slyphe - slif
    Omei - oh-may
    Haern - hayrn
    Maghak -maa-gak (Short a on first syllable)
    Severn - Seh-vern
    Dristin - Dris-ten-your awesomeness knows no bounds
    Hadrak - Hay-drack
    Keroc - kee-rock
    Trigru - gloop gloop mother fucker...... Trig-roo

    Orgs/Places:

    Bloodloch - blood-lock
    Enorian - uh-nor-ean
    Duiran - dur-ean (I know I dont pronounce it the way its spelled, but thats how I say it)
    Spinesreach - Spines-reach (Pretty simple and straight forward)
    Indorani - indoor-ah-knee
    Teradrim - tear-uh-drym
    Syssin - sis-in
    Sentaari - sen-tar-ree
    Iernian Fracture - eye-eer-knee-in Fracture
    Albedos - al-bey-dos
    Xaanhal - zuh-nol
    Huanazedha - hu-ahna-zey-dah

    People (Just for shits and giggles... sorry if I destroy your names):

    Rashar - Ruh-shar
    Xuihcoatl -ze-you-coat-el
    Asaraii - azz-uh-rye
    Phendegwen - fen-deh-gwin
    Xenia - zen-ee-uh
    Mephistoles - mehfist-oh-leez
    Aithene - eye-theen
    Valingar - val-in-jer
    Aishia - eye-eesh-uh
    Aarbrok - pokemon

    If you want to know how I say your name, Just ask :smile:

    (Oasis): Benedicto says, "There was like 0.5 seconds between "Oh hey, they're in area. That was quick." and "OMFG THEY'RE IN THE AREA STAHP STAHP!""


    Aarbrok
  • CarivahCarivah Tremble, little lionfish
    edited November 2015
    I said Bahir'an as buh-HERE-ran until I hung out with Erzsebet in person and heard her say BAH-hur-on out loud. That made sense to me, so I started pronouncing it like that until I heard Callidora pronounce it buh-HERE-ron over Skype. Since Callidora's house leader, I figured that trumped. It's still not quite how I used to say it anyways.

    Chakrasul has got to be a "chock" sound to me, because that's the same way I pronounce chakra.

    For myself, I used to say my own name as kuh-REE-vuh, but without any prompting I found out multiple other people were saying KAR-i-vah. Since it seemed pretty unanimous, I'm willing to say I was wrong about pronouncing my own name, and now I say it the second way out of habit.

    Hearing things aloud for the first time is always bizarre, every time.


    (On that note, pulling from Zsadist's list, I don't now how Xuihcoatl is intended to be pronounced, but the "coatl" part makes me want to read the X as a ch sound.)
    ZsadistIselle
  • edited November 2015
    Zsadist said:


    Aarbrok - pokemon

    Agreed.

    Also:


    AryanneAarbrok
  • SaritaSarita Empress of Bahir'an The Pillars of the Earth
    I've always said Bahir'an as BAH-here-ahn since I know Zoharim's player kind of ripped a lot of his word/names off of Hebrew names/words. Zohar and Bahir both come from Kabbalistic stuff, and Bahir (From the Sefer Ha'Bahir, or Book of Brightness, which makes absolutely no sense for a vampire house that's supposed to be all darkness and stuff) is pronounced BAH-here there, so I just kind flip the 'ahn' on at the end.
    IselleAryanne
  • edited November 2015
    This is fun.


    Razmael - RAZ-mee-elle
    Iosyne - eye-oh-ZEEN
    Chakrasul - chack-ra-sool
    Omei - OH-mee
    Maghak -mag-HACK (Short a on first syllable)

    Bloodloch - blood-lock
    Enorian - Eh-nore-ee-an
    Duiran - Dware-in (like sticking a 'd' before 'where'
    Xaanhal - Zan-hall
    Huanazedha - I don't.
    Grecht - grekt
    Tsol'aa -TZohl-ah
    Iviofiyiedu - ihv-ee-o-f...eeeckthis
    Hlugnic Labyrinth - HLGNIK
    Djeir - Duh-zjheer (english doesn't really have A LETTER for that sound)
    Iernian Fracture - "that thing that I think means yuh-lem is happening, maybe?"

    Edit to add: I've always said it zay-dist.

    ZsadistIselle
  • SaritaSarita Empress of Bahir'an The Pillars of the Earth
    Ok, since I chimed in above, I'll add a few.

    The way I've heard Sarita's name in my name has kind of changed over the years, in part because she's had an evolving accent and has actually started pronouncing it differently herself. Originally, to reflect the fact that she didn't grow up in a single place or with a single group of people, she had a kind of unique accent that was borderline singing rather than talking (she also spent most of the time between ages 11-18 alone with wolves.)
    Original: ser-Reet-uh
    Now: Sah-Ree-tah (flipped T, syllables are designed to flow well into her version of Bahir'an with a duh Duh duh Duh duh etc. sort of emphasis)

    Abhorash - Ab-oh-rash (silent h)
    Zsarachnor - Zzz-sar-ach-nore
    Iosyne - Eye-oh-seen
    Chakrasul - Chahk-rahs-uul
    Slyphe - Sly-fee
    Omei - Oh-may
    Oleis - Oh-lee-is
    Razmael - Raaaaz

    Duiran - Doo-ear-ehn
    Iviofiyiedu - Eye-vee-oh-place in the shamtotas
    Bihrkaen - Brrrr-kay-ehn
    Hlugnic Labyrinth - I don't really know my way around there either.

    Pachacacha - Puh-cha-ka-cha. I also do it to the beat of invisible maracas. Ole!
    CarivahAryanne
  • MarienaMariena By a lake.
    Oh man, I love pronouncing things and making people do the same. Mariena has had several iterations over the years. Originally, it was supposed to be Mah-ree-na, but I flipped back and forth between that and Mare-ee-enna and a weird time that it was Mahr-e-ahna. Most the time, 'Mare-ee' is everyone's shortened version of it, so 'Mare-ee-enna' won out as the long version of the name.


    Now, in no particular order:

    Slyphe- Slife (like life)

    Omei - Oh-my or Oh-may

    Iosyne - Eye-oh-sign

    Duiran - Dur-e-ann (said kinda fast)

    Esterport - Est-er-port (that one was easy!)

    Mamashi - Mam-ash-ee

    Itzatl - Its-at all

    Saluria - Sal-oor-ree-a

    Abhorash - Ab-or -rash

    Aryanne - Air-ree-anne

    Shaman - Sham-wow

    Sentaari - Sent-ar-ee

    Indorani - Indoor-on-ee

    Aetolia - A-Toll-ee-ah

    Albedos - Al-beh-dose

    Praadi- Prahd-ee

    Rajamala - Raj-ah-mah-la

    Tsol'aa- tzole-ah




    Aryanne
  • CarivahCarivah Tremble, little lionfish
    Xuihcoatl should be chu'ik-ko-WAT-ul, since I was still thinking about it.
  • AarbrokAarbrok Breaking things...For Science San Diego, CA
    Carivah said:

    Xuihcoatl should be chu'ik-ko-WAT-ul, since I was still thinking about it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl

    Thats all I can think about.
    AryanneAlastair
  • TeaniTeani Shadow Mistress Sweden
    Here's my contribution. I thought, as a non-native English speaker, I'd have a lot different pronunciation than most, but it seems fairly similar. Swedish allows a bit more mashing together of certain sounds though.

    Organizations:
    Bahir'an - bah-HEER-un
    Nebre'seir - neh-breh-SEAR
    Ve'kahi - Veh-KA-hee, short hee.
    D'baen - di-BYE-n

    Places:
    Enorian: eh-NOR-yan
    Duiran: DUi-ran (with the "a" as a mix between a and u)
    Iviofiyiedu - Eve-yo-FIE-du
    Hlugnic Labyrinth - HLUNG-nick
    Djeir - D-jeir
    Iernian - Ee-EARN-yan
    Huanazedha - WHO-ah-nah-ZED-ah

    People:
    Teani - Tee-ah-nee
    Areka - a-REEK-a,
    Abhorash - AB-ore-ash (as in wash)
    Asaraii - Az-arr-eye
    Xiucoatl - Shoe-coat-l
    Zsadist - Zay-dist

    Divine:
    Chakrasul - SHACK-rah-sool
    Iosyne - Eye-oh-sin
    Maghak - Mag-hack
    Omei - Oh-may
    Slyphe - Slyff
    Severn - Sev-EARN
    Ethne - Eth-ney
    Dhar - Daar



  • ArekaAreka Drifting in a sea of wenches' bosoms
    New I should have spelled it Awrecka. But then there's 'Awr' and that doesn't suit her.
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  • TeaniTeani Shadow Mistress Sweden
    @Areka If you'd just done a ck, that would have changed my pronunciation to what you intended. Single "k" usually has a long vowel in front of it. If there's a short vowel, we spell it with "ck" instead.



    Areka
  • ArekaAreka Drifting in a sea of wenches' bosoms
    Ah, yeah, the ck just didn't seem very Trollish, c's always seem to soften things, not necessarily by sound, but just how it presents.
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  • CarivahCarivah Tremble, little lionfish
    If it makes you feel better, @Areka, I've been reading your name the same way you do.
    Areka
  • IshinIshin Retired Lurker Virginia
    I read it Areh-kuh. Same with Erica or Erika or whatever.
    Tell me and I forget, teach me and
    I remember, involve me and I
    learn.
    -Benjamin Franklin
    ArekaAryanne
  • ArekaAreka Drifting in a sea of wenches' bosoms
    Kind of, but the emphasis is in the REH/middle syllable.
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    Ishin
  • Enorian: eh-NORI- un (like the nori used in sushi)
    Duiran: DO-ee-run
    Khauskin: COW-skin
    Raugol: ROW-gull (like cow with an R)

    Adali: Ah-DAW-lee
    Areka: sometimes A-recka and sometimes A-reek-a, both just sound right
    Aborash: ABO-rush

    Chakrasul: SHACK-rah-sul
    Iosyne: EYE-oh-sin
    Maghak: Mag-hack
    Omei: Oh-may
    Slyphe: Sly-f
    Ethne: Eth-neh
    Dhar: Daar
    Severn: SEV-earn
    Razmael: RAZ-my-el
    Oleis: o-LAY-is
    Haern: hairn
  •  Razmael - Raz-mail
    Damariel - Duh-mar-e-el
    Iosyne - eye-o-sine
    Dhar - Dar
    Chakrasul - Chack-rah-sul 
    Ethne - eth-knee
    Avareti -a-ver-etti
     Ivoln - eye-voln
    Auresae - aura-say
    Slyphe - sly-ff
    Omei - oh-me
     Haern - hay-urn
     Maghak - mag-hack
     Severn - Sevurn
    Dristin - Driz-ten
     Hadrak - Had-rack
    Keroc - kuh-rock
    Trigru - Trig-roo

     Orgs/Places:
     Bloodloch - blood-lock
    Enorian - in-or-ean
    Duiran - dwee-run
     Spinesreach - Spines-reach
    Indorani - indoor-ah-knee
    Teradrim - tear-uh-drym
     Syssin - sis-in
    Sentaari - sen-tar-ree
    Iernian Fracture - I-earn-ian Fracture Albedos - al-beh-dos
    Xaanhal - zayn-hall
    Huanazedha - I don't say this word.

     People:
     Rashar - Rash-ar
    Xuihcoatl -zwee-coat-el
     Asaraii - as-sar-ee
     Phendegwen - fen-deh-gwin
    Xenia - zen-ee-uh
    Mephistoles - mehfist-oh-lees
    Aithene - eye-theen
    Valingar - val-in-gar
     Aishia - ayy-shuh
    Aarbrok -  Arr-brock
    Zsadist - zee-sadist
    Areka - Erica

    Misc:
    Ylem - lem
    Khepri - Capri
    Riluo - rill-lu-oh
    Abhorash - ab-whore-rash
    Raeche - ray-shh
    Trikal - trick-all (subtle!)
    Kelliara - kelly-aura

    The tl;dr of 'how do you pronounce' is 'poorly', I always get told 'spell it?' when I talk about game stuff.

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    You're a singularity of fucking awfulness Toz
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    TragerTeaniMariena
  • edited November 2015
    Yeras... Your-azz (Add a thick redneck accent on the 'your', replace z's with s's)
    Wylliam... Will-I-Am (sorry :P)
    Ishin... Ai-chin
    Phendegwen... Fen-dee-gwen
    Coribhell... Koh-reef-ul
    Tirria... Tear-eye-ah

    Iosyne... Eeh-yo-sign
    Slyphe... Slaifu (friend ruined this, sorry Father)
    Belakai... Bee-lah-kah-ee
    Severn... Sea-fern


    Scidve... Skit-vee
    Iviofiyiedu... Lost City -,-
    Mannaseh... Mennessee
    Kalydian... Kah-lee-dee-ahn
    Djeir... Geh-ihr

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