pronouncation

[therodge]

<P>crap couldent find the edit button eather way how do you properly pronounce the gods names like is it </P> <P>MITH_RAY_NEL_MARR mitheniel marr</P> <P>OR IN_ORC inny (i darenot try and sperll it)</P> <P>TUNE_ARE</P> <P>CI_ZAK</P> <P>etc</P>

[Themaginator]

<blockquote><hr>therodge wrote:<div></div> <p>crap couldent find the edit button eather way how do you properly pronounce the gods names like is it </p> <p>MITH_RAY_NEL_MARR mitheniel marr</p> <p>OR IN_ORC inny (i darenot try and sperll it)</p> <p>TUNE_ARE</p> <p>CI_ZAK</p> <p>etc</p><hr></blockquote>ow no no  hoocked on fonix worked four yoo huh? lol jk. MITH-AN-YEL(whered you get the R from?)   INN-OR-ROOK or RUK  (i dunno how you got OR IN -ORC out of  Innoruuk  but heh its cool). you got Tunare right. and its Cazic Thule not Cizak <div></div>

[Mirander_1]

Well, here's how I pronounce them;Mithaniel Marr-  Mith-An-Ee-El Mar (kinda like the name Nathaniel)Innoruuk- In-Or-UkTunare- Too-NarCazic Thule- Caz-Ik Thool<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Kwel-le-ous (Quellious)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Too-nair (Tunare)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ca-zik Thool (Cazic Thule)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mi-than-yal Marr (Mithanial Marr)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Air-roll-li-see Marr (Erollisi Marr)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Xeg-oh-nee (Xegony)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fen-nin Ro (Fennin Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The-Rath (The Rathe)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bert-tox-zyou-lus (Bertoxxulous)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Brell Ser-rill-liss (Brell Serilis)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sol-uh-sek Roh (Solusek Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In-nor-ruk (Innoruuk)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Zeb-uhk-zor-ruk (Zebuxoruk)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sair-rin (Saryrn)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tair-ris Thool (Terris Thule)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bris-l-bain (Bristlebane)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vee-shawn (Veeshan)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rod-Set Knife (Rodcet Nife)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ral-lohs Zek (Rallos Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sul-lon Zek (Sullon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tal-lon Zek (Tallon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Val-lon Zek (Vallon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Prek-xus (Prexus)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Car-rah-na (Karana)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That sums up the major gods who are worth noting.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Cusashorn on <span class=date_text>08-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>12:49 AM</span>

[Moorgard]

<P>mor' gärd</P> <P><img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P>

[Schri]

what about Feerrott.. i always pernounce it without the t's at the end so they're silent like Fear - Ro

[Mirander_1]

<div><blockquote><hr>Schri wrote:<div></div>what about Feerrott.. i always pernounce it without the t's at the end so they're silent like Fear - Ro<hr></blockquote>I've just pronounced it Fear-Rot.  Seems to fit the region somehow</div>

[Snarks]

<div><blockquote><hr>Moorgard wrote:<div></div> <p>mor' gärd</p> <p><img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><hr></blockquote>more guard? </div>

[Icarii_Raven`Lyon]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Schri wrote:<BR> what about Feerrott.. i always pernounce it without the t's at the end so they're silent like Fear - Ro<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You just made my day..i do that too, and all my rl friends who play with me make fun of me cause "they're not french ogres (dating back to oggok from eq1 being off feerrott)"

[Tauch]

<div></div><span class="pronset"><span class="show_ipapr"><span class="prondelim"></span></span><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="prondelim">[</span><span class="[Removed for Content]">pr<i>uh</i>-nuhn-see-<b>ey</b>-sh<i>uh</i>n]And if you pronounce <b>pronunciation</b> correctly you'll hardly ever misspell it. =)<i></i>I'm surprised no one caught that.</span></span></span><div></div>

[Calthine]

<P>Tunare = Too <STRONG>Nah</STRONG> Ray</P> <P>Sounds better when you say "Holy Tunare!"</P><p>Message Edited by Calthine on <span class=date_text>08-23-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:31 PM</span>

[Wraithstalker]

<blockquote><hr>Calthine wrote:<P>Tunare = Too <STRONG>Nah</STRONG> Ray</P><P>Sounds better when you say "Holy Tunare!"</P><p>Message Edited by Calthine on <span class=date_text>08-23-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:31 PM</span><hr></blockquote>Yep, exactly as I say it!

[SonnyA]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Calthine wrote:<BR> <P>Tunare = Too <STRONG>Nah</STRONG> Ray</P> <P>Sounds better when you say "Holy Tunare!"</P> <P>Message Edited by Calthine on <SPAN class=date_text>08-23-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>11:31 PM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Tuna-ray?

[Seiden]

<div><blockquote><hr>Mirander wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>Schri wrote:<div></div>what about Feerrott.. i always pernounce it without the t's at the end so they're silent like Fear - Ro<hr></blockquote>I've just pronounced it Fear-Rot.  Seems to fit the region somehow</div><hr></blockquote>I always said it like the animal, ferret</div>

[DraecoPainbringer]

<font color="#E2BD01">I've always said Tune R. /shrugs

[Errie_Tholluxe]

<div><blockquote><hr>Moorgard wrote:<div></div> <p>mor' gärd</p> <p><img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><hr></blockquote>Gods, he said, not Demi - Gods ! /runs screaming from incomming hurtin'</div>

[selch]

<blockquote><hr>Calthine wrote:<P>Tunare = Too <STRONG>Nah</STRONG> Ray</P><P>Sounds better when you say "Holy Tunare!"</P><p>Message Edited by Calthine on <span class=date_text>08-23-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:31 PM</span><hr></blockquote>Yes, that one is quite similar (just forget the Y in Ray) more like Too-Nah-ra(y) (but ra as in 'Ray' word)First thing you need to do to read those to forget English letter-by-letter reading completely and give sounds to most letters as they can be. Also many NPC's in Willow Wood actually pronounce the word Tunare quite beautifully from their voice overs.And about "Zek" it is more like "Zäk" more Z insted of "S" in "Sack" word possibly. or Isaac can be pronounced as "iZek" In Cazic Thule , "C" are always word in "K" so more like "car" without "r" , Ka-zeek Thool would be more better pronounce.And about Feerrott is more sounding like "Fear-Roth" (stressing the "t" at the end)As in general (for US)- "a" is read as the "o" in Godawful...- "e" is read as the first "a" in Lay - "i" is read as more like the second "i" in Luscious Lips...- "K" & "C" as "c" in "couple"- "G" as the "g" in Go get gaiters... (not as in Geez!)For Aussies or Brits:- "a" somewhere between the "u" of sun and the "a" of father. Not as long as the a in Pa... - "e" as the short e sound in "Ready, get set"... - "i" as the short i sound in hit, kit, bit, sit...Also many names are in game voiceover, ingame intro (when you start a new character -the story telling one- or if you can't create new character, it is -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv2jSjjDmSg" target=_blank>here</a> where you can hear Rallos Zek, Feerrott, Rallosian, Luclin etc.- )<p>Message Edited by selch on <span class=date_text>08-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:40 AM</span>

[Nainitsuj]

Heh, I'm not too worried how the names sound.  I'm still trying to get people to say; a-dept.  Not ae-dept.  Drives me nuts.

[cyclonus11]

I've always pronounced Tunare as Tu-<b>na</b>-rey. (Not like "tun-uh-rey", but more like "tune-ahh-rey".)I was also corrected at a fan faire by the Firiona Vie model person - the last word in Firiona Vie is actually pronounced like "Vee" and not "Vigh".<div></div>

[Jindrack]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>Kwel-le-ous (Quellious)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Too-nair (Tunare)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ca-zik Thool (Cazic Thule)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mi-than-yal Marr (Mithanial Marr)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Air-roll-li-see Marr (Erollisi Marr)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Xeg-oh-nee (Xegony)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fen-nin Ro (Fennin Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The-Rath (The Rathe)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bert-tox-zyou-lus (Bertoxxulous)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Brell Ser-rill-liss (Brell Serilis)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sol-uh-sek Roh (Solusek Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In-nor-ruk (Innoruuk)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Zeb-uhk-zor-ruk (Zebuxoruk)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sair-rin (Saryrn)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tair-ris Thool (Terris Thule)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bris-l-bain (Bristlebane)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vee-shawn (Veeshan)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rod-Set Knife (Rodcet Nife)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ral-lohs Zek (Rallos Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sul-lon Zek (Sullon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tal-lon Zek (Tallon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Val-lon Zek (Vallon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Prek-xus (Prexus)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Car-rah-na (Karana)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That sums up the major gods who are worth noting.</DIV> <P>Message Edited by Cusashorn on <SPAN class=date_text>08-24-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>12:49 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Most of these are how I pronouce it.  Some exceptions is the Rathe, I pronounce it with a long A, so "the Rayth".  Saryrn I pronounce as "Sar-yearn", but it isn't uncommon to here "Sayr-in" because of the four hard consenants in the name at the end.  Mithaniel Marr, like someone mentioned above, is Nathaniel but with a "myth" at the front.</P> <P>The Feerrott I pronounce Fear-rot because of the influence of Cazic. </P>

[Zyphius]

Is Nagafen na-<b>GA</b>-fen or <b>NA</b>-ga-fen?Personally, I think the first one sounds better...

[Jindrack]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> putergod wrote:<BR>Is Nagafen na-<B>GA</B>-fen or <B>NA</B>-ga-fen?<BR><BR>Personally, I think the first one sounds better...<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I say it "NAG-a-fen".

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Most of the gods and locations are pronounced by many NPC's in the game.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"May Kwel-li-ous' blessing be upon you and yours."</DIV>

[Zoren Northwood]

How do you guys pronounce "Vyemm"?In my head I had always thought vie-EM, but now I'm in a guild whose members pronounce it on Ventrilo as VIM.<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Vay-yem</DIV>

[Cyanbane]

<div><blockquote><hr>Jindrack wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> putergod wrote:Is Nagafen na-<b>GA</b>-fen or <b>NA</b>-ga-fen?Personally, I think the first one sounds better... <hr> </blockquote>I say it "NAG-a-fen".<hr></blockquote>I have always pronounced it "Sir -Vur Wear I get Pö Nd"</div>

[Ishya]

<div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>in phonetic:Tunare     -     t ʌ n a: r ə      -     Tun - aa - re Innoruuk     -     i n o: r y: k     -     Inno - ruuhkBristlebane     -     B r i st əl b εi n      -     Brist -el - bainSaryrn    -     s a: r i: r n      -    saa - ri - rnErollisi Marr     -     e: r ɔ l i: s i:   m a: r    -     Ero - li - si  MaarCazic Thule   -    K α s i k   t y: lə    -       Ka-sic  tuu-leshame the   -  y: - sounds (phonetec) doesnt exist in english =pphonetic alfabet:  http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm<div></div><p>Message Edited by Ishya on <span class="date_text">08-24-2006</span> <span class="time_text">06:31 PM</span></p><p>Message Edited by Ishya on <span class=date_text>08-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:33 PM</span>

[MiloDaC]

There was some debate among my friends about pronoucing Feerrott. I don't remember exactly how he says it, but the Ambassador Zozor (sp?) in Feerrott uses the word in his voice-over, so I assume that's the "correct" way.  Unfortunately, now I'm confused and don't remember which he used <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>

[Seffrid]

<DIV>After years of playing EQLive with my own interpretation on how names sound, the voice-overs in EQ2 were something of a revelation. To discover after all this time that the place I knew as KAY-NOSS was in fact KEY-NOSE was profoundly distressing!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Of course I blame it on it being an American-produced game, we Brits would have done the pronunciation differently :smileywink:!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm just hoping that if we hear the booming voice of Cazic Thule it won't be along the lines of "Y'all shall fear me n00bs!" :smileyvery-happy:</DIV><p>Message Edited by Seffrid on <span class=date_text>08-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>09:37 AM</span>

[IveDefected]

i have always pronounce Vyemm as Vyehmm <div></div>

[Saroc_Luclin]

Sounds mostly like I do it. The only one I still keep my way about is Luclin.I have alway,s and will always pronounce it "Luke-lin"; I was surprised to hear it was "Loose-lin" in the voice overs. (And if you pronounce it "Luck-lin" you're just crazy. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )<div></div>

[KniteShayd]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>Kwel-le<FONT color=#3333ff>e</FONT>-ous (Quellious)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#ffffff>Toon-<FONT color=#6633cc>ar</FONT> </FONT>(Tunare)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ca-zik Thool (Cazic Thule)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mi-than-yal Marr (Mithanial Marr)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Air-roll-li-see Marr (Erollisi Marr)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Xeg-oh-nee (Xegony)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fen-nin Ro (Fennin Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The-<FONT color=#ffffff>Ra<FONT color=#6633cc>y</FONT>th</FONT> (The Rathe)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bert-tox-zyou-lus (Bertoxxulous)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Brell Ser-rill-liss (Brell Serilis)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sol-uh-sek Roh (Solusek Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In-nor-ruk (Innoruuk) <FONT color=#66cc00>some say RooK on the end</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Zeb-uhk-zor-ruk (Zebuxoruk)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sar-<FONT color=#6633ff>ee</FONT>rn (Saryrn) -eer like sneer</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>T<FONT color=#6666ff>er</FONT>-ris Thool (Terris Thule)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bris-l-ba<FONT color=#6633ff>y</FONT>n (Bristlebane)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vee-shawn (Veeshan) <FONT color=#66cc33>W is not pronounced, so end is like the word on</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rod-Set Knife (Rodcet Nife) <FONT color=#66cc00>Alot of people drop the E in the end to sound like Niff, some may say Niff-Ay. I believe there is an in game NPC that says Niff.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ral-lohs Zek (Rallos Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sul-lon Zek (Sullon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tal-lon Zek (Tallon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Val-lon Zek (Vallon Zek)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Prek-xus (Prexus)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Car-rah-na (Karana)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That sums up the major gods who are worth noting.</DIV> <P>Message Edited by Cusashorn on <SPAN class=date_text>08-24-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>12:49 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Need clarification on Druzzil Ro, is it Druh-zil or Droo-zil? Grammaticaly/phoneticly i suspect the first.</P> <P>Ayonae Ro - (Eye -on-ay)<BR></P> <P>Luclin- (Luck- lin)</P> <P>Povar- (Po - var)</P> <P>E'ci- (Eh-see)</P> <P>Tarrew Marr- (Tar-roo)</P> <P>Vazaelle Kaleine- (Vah-zayl Kuh-leen) could be Vah-Zay-eL Kuh-Leel-in</P>

[Jindrack]

My pronounciations in <FONT color=#ffff00>yellow:</FONT><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P></P> <HR> <P>KniteShayd wrote:</P> <P>Need clarification on Druzzil Ro, is it Druh-zil or <FONT color=#ffff00>Droo-zil</FONT>? Grammaticaly/phoneticly i suspect the first.</P> <P>Ayonae Ro - (Eye -on-ay)    <FONT color=#ffff00>EH-oh-ni ro</FONT></P> <P>Luclin- (Luck- lin)    same, <FONT color=#ffff00>luck-lin</FONT></P> <P>Povar- (Po - var)     same, <FONT color=#ffff00>PO-var</FONT></P> <P>E'ci- (Eh-see)    <FONT color=#ffff00>EE-see</FONT></P> <P>Tarrew Marr- (Tar-roo)   <FONT color=#ffff00>Tare-roo</FONT></P> <P>Vazaelle Kaleine- (Vah-zayl Kuh-leen) could be Vah-Zay-eL Kuh-Leel-in    same, <FONT color=#ffff00>Vah-zayl Kuh-leen</FONT></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>

[selch]

<blockquote><hr>Saroc_Luclin wrote:Sounds mostly like I do it. The only one I still keep my way about is Luclin.I have alway,s and will always pronounce it "Luke-lin"; I was surprised to hear it was "Loose-lin" in the voice overs. (And if you pronounce it "Luck-lin" you're just crazy. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )<div></div><hr></blockquote>Hmm... I always heard it as "Luck-lin" in voice over, I wonder where you heard that?See the video again I gave above posts.

[Saroc_Luclin]

Maybe I confused Lucklin and Looslin. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Eitherway I'm a Lukelinite and not any of those faux-names people may say. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Calthine]

We alwasy pronounced Luclin <STRONG>Loos</STRONG>-lin in EQ1.  Of course, there weren't voice-overs to correct us<p>Message Edited by Calthine on <span class=date_text>08-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:23 AM</span>

[Baelor_xev]

<P>I agreed with all of the pronunciations from Cusa except for</P> <DIV>Sol-uh-sek Roh (Solusek Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would say its Sol-you-sek Roh</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-bae</DIV>

[Whazy]

<BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Zoren Northwood wrote:<BR>How do you guys pronounce "Vyemm"?<BR><BR>In my head I had always thought vie-EM, but now I'm in a guild whose members pronounce it on Ventrilo as VIM.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>My guild pronounces it as Vhy Emm.<BR></P> <P> </P> <P>Now, for some reason, people have trouble pronouncing my name.  It's Wha Zee (short A sound)  Not Way Zee, not Whaaaz, not Whacky.  kk thanks.</P> <P> </P> <P>Whazy</P><p>Message Edited by Whazy on <span class=date_text>08-24-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:46 AM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>People have asked how I pronounce my character's names as well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Koo-suh-shorn</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oh-Kuh (like Oak, but with an short a on the end to pronounce -uh)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Jindrack]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Baelor_xev wrote:<BR> <P>I agreed with all of the pronunciations from Cusa except for</P> <DIV>Sol-uh-sek Roh (Solusek Ro)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would say its <FONT color=#ffff00>Sol-you-sek Roh</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-bae</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Yes, that is how I say it too.

[KniteShayd]

<P>same...</P> <P>EL-Lin-ee-oh-ss</P> <P>and </P> <P>Huh-Kah-N   Duh-Vay-rth</P>

[KniteShayd]

so you would pronounce a hard <EM>You </EM>instead of making it sound <EM>OO?</EM>

[selch]

<blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<DIV>People have asked how I pronounce my character's names as well.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Koo-suh-shorn</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Oh-Kuh (like Oak, but with an short a on the end to pronounce -uh)</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><hr></blockquote>Aahah here goes : Sellch-hook <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[sammythebull]

<DIV>This has nothing to do w/ pronunciation and 99% of the people who'd read this already know but for those few who didn't, Qeynos is Sony EQ backwards. If anyone is as taken aback by not noticing as I was when i found out, it was worth typing this hehe.</DIV>

[Eriol]

<blockquote><hr>Jindrack wrote:<blockquote><hr>Baelor_xev wrote:<p>I agreed with all of the pronunciations from Cusa except for</p><div>Sol-uh-sek Roh (Solusek Ro)</div><div>I would say its <font color="#ffff00">Sol-you-sek Roh</font></div><div>-bae</div><hr></blockquote>Yes, that is how I say it too.<hr></blockquote>I always thought it was more of an "ooo" sound (like "boo" ) than a "you" sound, though slurring the "l" as well, so it's:Sol-loo-sek RoExcept the "l" slurs together between the first and second syllable.

[bellstar]

<DIV>I would just be happy if people would pronounce "Qeynos" correctly.  After years of EQ being out (<STRONG>and </STRONG>NPC's say it like a million times) people still pronounce it wrong and even spell it wrong in game.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I wish I had a dime for everytime I saw "Queynos" typed out.</DIV>

[curtlewis]

Vyemm: Vai-ihm (or Vai ehm)Anyone pronouncing it Vim is forgetting the e in the middle...Solusek Ro: Sawl-you-sek RoeFerrott: Feet RotI like to add the T. It's very appropos for the zone (both in EQ and EQ2)but I suppose for the less humorous, it could be Fee rote, although I suppose Ferret would work, too!Cazik Thule: Cah zick Thool (a soft th as in with, not a hard th as in these)Nagafen: na Gah fen (Nag a fen sounds like someone's wife, not a Dragon Lord)

[MysidiaDrakkenbane]

<P>Personally, the only pronounciation that I do differently is Luclin. Most say "Luck-lin", but I can't... I just can't say it that way.</P> <P>"I am Vah'Shir...FEAR ME. I am from Luck-lin!" </P> <P>I'd laugh at you until you tucked your tail and left. Vah'Shir from "Loose-lin" has power to it. Luck-lin pronounciation just sounds stupid.</P>

[EQ2Playa432]

I love the names Too-nahr and Sol-yoo-sek Ro. And I felt I would add my own name. Kalian Am'irante*cal-ee-ahn am ' ear-ahn-te*

[Seffrid]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> bellstar wrote:<BR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I wish I had a dime for everytime I saw "Queynos" typed out.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You'd still be a pauper compared to me. I managed a while back to secure exclusive royalties every time someone types "rouge" :smileyvery-happy:!

[Bhagpuss]

<div><blockquote><hr>Seffrid wrote:<div></div> <div>After years of playing EQLive with my own interpretation on how names sound, the voice-overs in EQ2 were something of a revelation. To discover after all this time that the place I knew as KAY-NOSS was in fact KEY-NOSE was profoundly distressing!</div> <div> </div> <div>Of course I blame it on it being an American-produced game, we Brits would have done the pronunciation differently :smileywink:!</div> <div> </div> <div>I'm just hoping that if we hear the booming voice of Cazic Thule it won't be along the lines of "Y'all shall fear me n00bs!" :smileyvery-happy:</div><p>Message Edited by Seffrid on <span class="date_text">08-24-2006</span> <span class="time_text">09:37 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>I have always pronounced it Kway-Noss and will continue to do so, even though I learned years ago the official pronunciation is Key-Nose.Tunare I pronounce Tyou-nar-ay - that's just the British version of Too-nar-ay though.You would actually still hear the TTs in Feerrott in French, I think. Maybe a Francophile will correct me, but I think a double T is usually aspirate in French. Been nealry 30 years since my French A Level though, so I may have forgotten that rule (or forgo-en it)</div>

[Jida]

<div><blockquote><hr>curtlewis wrote:Vyemm: Vai-ihm (or Vai ehm)Anyone pronouncing it Vim is forgetting the e in the middle...<hr></blockquote>IMO the y would be silent.for me Vyemm is Vee em</div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>I used to call it Loose-lin (which DOES sound better btw) untill Sony set things straight and told everyone that its "Luck-lin" shortly after Shadows of Luclin came out.</DIV>

[Evilcow]

windows text to speak thing pronounced it luke-lin and thats how i have always say it...but im not saying the text to seach is right

[Eriol]

<blockquote><hr>Evilcow wrote:windows text to speak thing pronounced it luke-lin and thats how i have always say it...but im not saying the text to seach is right<hr></blockquote>That's how I've said it for quite some time as well, as "Luc" is a name IRL, and it's pronounced exactly like "Luke," so "Luclin" naturally goes that way IMO.

[Mican]

<DIV>My wife and I played EQ for 3 years before EQ2 launched and have been here ever since.  There are several names in the world of Norrath that we pronounced differently than the voice overs.  Most notably:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <OL> <LI>Luclin = LUKE-lin</LI> <LI>Qeynos = KAY-nus</LI> <LI>Tunare = too-NAR-y</LI></OL>

[Themaginator]

this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol<div></div>

[Jindrack]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Themaginator wrote:<BR>this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>No.  I think it all just comes down to the wackiness of the English language and the boat load of exceptions to every rule it has. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Yeah, thats what you get when you speak a language that developed by mixing Germanic, Celtic, Latin, Norweigan, and Danish and letting it simmer over the fire of English and American culture for the next 900 years.</DIV>

[Themaginator]

yeah thats true alot like you say tomatoe i say....tomatoe ...yeah you get my point lol<div></div>

[Lader]

<DIV>I hear people on TS so often and they pronounce stuff way different than it is in my head, like melee, i think malay, but some say it meleee, and there are tons of others. hehe, languages are so much fun! like the "gh" in through isnt the same as it is in trough. Who woulda thought?! You know, i really would hate to have to learn english as a second language. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[MaelieJade]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Themaginator wrote:<BR>this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>^^^^^ This proves that some EQ players are just plain ...bad with the English language. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Dukda]

<blockquote><hr>Lader wrote:<div>I hear people on TS so often and they pronounce stuff way different than it is in my head, like melee, i think malay, but some say it meleee, and there are tons of others. hehe, languages are so much fun! like the "gh" in through isnt the same as it is in trough. Who woulda thought?! You know, i really would hate to have to learn english as a second language. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><hr></blockquote>After learning english as second language in highschool, reading all books in english on the university, writing my exams in english, writing my papers in english, and being addicted to computer games for all my life. I still suck at writing a few sentences in decent english, let alone pronounce it right.English is one of the languages just like chinese where the pronouncation is really quite different compared to the way it is written.<div></div>

[Ko'dan]

<div><blockquote><hr>Themaginator wrote:this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol<div></div><hr></blockquote>The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!<span>:smileyindifferent:</span></div>

[Uanelven]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Zoren Northwood wrote:How do you guys pronounce "Vyemm"?In my head I had always thought vie-EM, but now I'm in a guild whose members pronounce it on Ventrilo as VIM.<div></div><hr></blockquote>omg.   just realised it isn't Vyermm .   I've had that 'r' in my head for ages.  Luclin I've always pronounced Loos-lin and raised an eyebrow at the eq2 voice over hearing Luck-lin.  Another strange one was Velious which for some reason I had as Veloosh or some weird similar word.   I did realise after a while that Vell-ee-us sounded better.I've been asked how I pronounce my characters name before.   /shrug.  no idea.  <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />   I just get Uan which I guess would be like Ewan.  Rest is clear enough . Interesting thread.   <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><p>Message Edited by Uanelven on <span class=date_text>08-25-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:45 AM</span>

[Zyphius]

<blockquote><hr>curtlewis wrote:Nagafen: na Gah fen (Nag a fen sounds like someone's wife, not a Dragon Lord)<hr></blockquote>I totally agree! I would love to get more responses on this one though, as this is a huge argument between my mom and I.

[Whazy]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> putergod wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> curtlewis wrote:<BR>Nagafen: na Gah fen (Nag a fen sounds like someone's wife, not a Dragon Lord)<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I totally agree! I would love to get more responses on this one though, as this is a huge argument between my mom and I.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>His nickname is Naggy, (unofficially, of course) which indicates his name is pronounced "Nag ah fen."

[Zyphius]

<blockquote><hr>Whazy wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR>putergod wrote:<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR>curtlewis wrote:<BR>Nagafen: na Gah fen (Nag a fen sounds like someone's wife, not a Dragon Lord)<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I totally agree! I would love to get more responses on this one though, as this is a huge argument between my mom and I.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>His nickname is Naggy, (unofficially, of course) which indicates his name is pronounced "Nag ah fen."<hr></blockquote>That indicate nothing. His nickname is "Naggy" because Nag is the first syllable of his name.

[Ishya]

<div><blockquote><hr>Jindrack wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Themaginator wrote:this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol <div></div> <hr> </blockquote>No.  I think it all just comes down to the wackiness of the English language and the boat load of exceptions to every rule it has. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><hr></blockquote>so true =) everyone should speak flemish</div>

[Jindrack]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ko'dan wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Themaginator wrote:<BR>this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!<BR><BR><SPAN>:smileyindifferent:<BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>LOL, you are right, I read that whole thing without a hitch... well except for one word I had to look over twice, the "mses" for "mess".  I guess without the expectant two S's at the end it tripped a little. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Vobe]

<DIV>About "Luclin". I recall a dev post from years ago on the old EQ boards that confirmed that "Luck-lin" was proper. (I think the post was from Abashi?)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most of the pronunciations I see here are similar enough to be acceptable wichever way you say it. We just need the devs to stop using their "random name generator for the gods" software.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The one that has always bothered me the most is "Qeynos". For all those years that I, and my friends played EverQuest, we pronounced it "Kway-nos". When I got started on EQ2, and heard "key-nos" in all the voice acting, I made an effort to change how I prounounced it. But even now, I can not help but think Kway-nos is a better way of saying Sony EQ backwards.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, there are a few names that end with an "E", which I have always pronounced, and the voice acting does not. I just can NOT see the E being silent in these names.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tunare = Too - na - ree</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Felwithe = Fel - wi - thee</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rathe = Ra - thee</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I could accept "fel - wi - thay" (likewise for the other two), but pronouncing it "fel - with" just doesnt make sense with the "e" at the end.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, I pronounce my own name is "Vo - bee", though a lot of my friends call me "Vohb" on voice chat.</DIV>

[Ranger1017]

<DIV>I have always pronounced Luclin properly, apparently.. Luck-lin.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Felwithe as correct, also, Fell-with</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rathe always sounded like wrath in my head.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do seem to be in the minority... I have and always will pronounce Tunare as Tune-ar-ee. Toon-air just sounded stupid, and Toon-are was slightly better, but my brain has always insisted that Tunare be pronounced with three syllables.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most of the pronunciations I see here are similar enough to be acceptable wichever way you say it. We just need the devs to stop using their "random name generator for the gods" software.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually I had the impression that most, if not all, of the God's names were anagrams... for example Tunare unscrambled is Nature. I can't remember any of  the other ones, though, now.</DIV>

[Seffrid]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Bhagpuss wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> Been nealry 30 years since my French A Level though, so I may have forgotten that rule (or forgo-en it)<BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Been nearly 40 years since mine :smileywink:!

[Moorgard]

<P>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</P> <P>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</P> <P>So if you <EM>really</EM> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</P>

[Tamat]

<blockquote><hr>Moorgard wrote:<div></div> <p>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</p> <p>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</p> <p>So if you <em>really</em> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</p><hr></blockquote>Well said!<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Moorgard wrote:<BR> <P>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</P> <P>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</P> <P>So if you <EM>really</EM> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I think that a person from Ireland making a few pronounciation mistakes in India would probably get lynched by the locals if they weren't careful. :p

[mui]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div></div> I think that a person from Ireland making a few pronounciation mistakes in India would probably get lynched by the locals if they weren't careful. :p<hr></blockquote>I highly doubt that, and I really hope you are trying crack a joke with statements like that. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Thats what the :p is for.</DIV>

[Zyphius]

<blockquote><hr>Moorgard wrote:<P>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</P><P>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</P><P>So if you <EM>really</EM> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</P><hr></blockquote>Agreed! However, that is why they are called "mistakes". There is an accurate way to pronounce everything, and that is what we are looking for, accuracy. Each person may or may not continue to pronounce different names and words to his or her liking, but some of us just want to know what is accurate.

[Themaginator]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>MaelieJade wrote:<div> <blockquote> <hr> Themaginator wrote:this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol <div></div> <hr> </blockquote>^^^^^ This proves that some EQ players are just plain ...bad with the English language. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><hr>bah that aint true =D im sorry im from the south sometimes i just cant help it,  i dont ever talk like that irl but thank you for asking =D. seriously though, although things may be pronounced differently in different parts of the country or game or w/e imo there is still only one way to pronounce most words, its not Bolth its Both   its not Vyermm nor Exegonite because well thats just not how its pronounced (both of those are ways i hear those names said.  its a huge pet peeve lol) </blockquote></div><p>Message Edited by Themaginator on <span class=date_text>08-25-2006</span> <span class=time_text>12:22 PM</span>

[Coccinea_Maga]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ranger1017 wrote: <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Most of the pronunciations I see here are similar enough to be acceptable wichever way you say it. We just need the devs to stop using their "random name generator for the gods" software.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually I had the impression that most, if not all, of the God's names were anagrams... for example Tunare unscrambled is Nature. I can't remember any of  the other ones, though, now.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2> <P>Xegony -- Oxygen</P> <P>Povar -- Vapor</P> <P>E'Ci -- Ice</P> <P>Tarew [Marr] -- Water</P> <P>The Rathe -- Earth</P> <P>Fennin Ro -- Inferno (almost :smileywink: there is an extra N)</P></FONT><BR>

[mui]

<div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div>Thats what the :p is for.</div><hr></blockquote>Good. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </div>

[ke'la]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> putergod wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Moorgard wrote:<BR> <BR> <P>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</P><BR> <P>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</P><BR> <P>So if you <EM>really</EM> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>Agreed! However, that is why they are called "mistakes". There is an accurate way to pronounce everything, and that is what we are looking for, accuracy. Each person may or may not continue to pronounce different names and words to his or her liking, but some of us just want to know what is accurate.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>your right everyone in Canada pronounces About wrong. :smileytongue:Either that or people in differant regons have differant ways correctly pronouncing words.

[ke'la]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Jindrack wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> putergod wrote:<BR>Is Nagafen na-<B>GA</B>-fen or <B>NA</B>-ga-fen?<BR><BR>Personally, I think the first one sounds better...<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I say it "NAG-a-fen".<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I say it Naggy:smileyvery-happy:

[EQ2Playa432]

It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?

[Ranvarenaya]

<div><blockquote><hr>ke'la wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> putergod wrote: <blockquote> <hr> Moorgard wrote: <div></div> <p>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</p> <p>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</p> <p>So if you <em>really</em> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</p> <hr> </blockquote>Agreed! However, that is why they are called "mistakes". There is an accurate way to pronounce everything, and that is what we are looking for, accuracy. Each person may or may not continue to pronounce different names and words to his or her liking, but some of us just want to know what is accurate. <hr> </blockquote>your right everyone in Canada pronounces About wrong. :smileytongue:Either that or people in differant regons have differant ways correctly pronouncing words.<hr></blockquote>Many American colonists used to pronounce About, South, etc., the same way that we think of Canadians pronouncing it.  You can still here that in some parts of the south that were very closely connected to Britain, like Charleston, SC.  A lot of the difference in American and British pronunciation started around the time of the revolutionary war when there was a big push to establish "correct" and uniquely American pronunciation rules, like actually sounding R in words like car, Harvard, etc.  Parts of the old British accent stuck around in some cities that were full of Tories, like Boston and Charleston, and also followed some Tories as they emigrated to Canada to escape persecution.  Yeah, I know that's trivia, but I'm an English teacher so I know this stuff.</div>

[cyclonus11]

<div><blockquote><hr>Ranvarenaya wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>ke'la wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> putergod wrote: <blockquote> <hr> Moorgard wrote: <div></div> <p>The saving grace of all this is that different people saying the names and places in our game differently actually makes sense. Look at the real world. People on America's east coast pronounce some of the same words differently than people on the west coast, while someone from Australia could have a vastly different take on it.</p> <p>How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? I bet they'd make one or two mistakes. So then why should a dark elf instantly know how to pronounce names and locations important to dwarves? Why would ogres be able to flawlessly pronounce the names of elven deities and sacred places?</p> <p>So if you <em>really</em> want to keep on saying "loose-lin," go ahead. Even some of us on the team say some names differently (though we pretty much agree on that one). :p</p> <hr> </blockquote>Agreed! However, that is why they are called "mistakes". There is an accurate way to pronounce everything, and that is what we are looking for, accuracy. Each person may or may not continue to pronounce different names and words to his or her liking, but some of us just want to know what is accurate. <hr> </blockquote>your right everyone in Canada pronounces About wrong. :smileytongue:Either that or people in differant regons have differant ways correctly pronouncing words.<hr></blockquote>Many American colonists used to pronounce About, South, etc., the same way that we think of Canadians pronouncing it.  You can still here that in some parts of the south that were very closely connected to Britain, like Charleston, SC.  A lot of the difference in American and British pronunciation started around the time of the revolutionary war when there was a big push to establish "correct" and uniquely American pronunciation rules, like actually sounding R in words like car, Harvard, etc.  Parts of the old British accent stuck around in some cities that were full of Tories, like Boston and Charleston, and also followed some Tories as they emigrated to Canada to escape persecution.  Yeah, I know that's trivia, but I'm an English teacher so I know this stuff.</div><hr></blockquote><span>:smileysurprised: That is a lot of very interesting information!!</span></div>

[Themaginator]

<div><blockquote><hr>EQ2Playa432 wrote:It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?<hr></blockquote>no way Felwithe is  Fel-with dont forget that in english if theres an E at the end of a word it is almost NEVER pronounced EE...lol thats my biggest pet peeve of of all in pronunciation.do you say Bye, Byeeee?  or Tomatoe, Tomatoeeeeeeeeee i hope not =P</div>

[Xxile]

<DIV>I always called it white elf</DIV>

[EQ2Playa432]

<blockquote><hr>Themaginator wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>EQ2Playa432 wrote:It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?<hr></blockquote>no way Felwithe is  Fel-with dont forget that in english if theres an E at the end of a word it is almost NEVER pronounced EE...lol thats my biggest pet peeve of of all in pronunciation.do you say Bye, Byeeee?  or Tomatoe, Tomatoeeeeeeeeee i hope not =P</div><hr></blockquote>Makes sense..although I like the way I say it =p

[RaphaNissi]

<div><blockquote><hr>Themaginator wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>EQ2Playa432 wrote:It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?<hr></blockquote>no way Felwithe is  Fel-with dont forget that in english if theres an E at the end of a word it is almost NEVER pronounced EE...lol thats my biggest pet peeve of of all in pronunciation.do you say Bye, Byeeee?  or Tomatoe, Tomatoeeeeeeeeee i hope not =P</div><hr></blockquote>You'll have to take "tomatoe" out of your argument.  It's tomato <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[blynchehaun]

< How well does a person from Ireland do pronouncing names on their first visit to India? > Given the amount of Tech Support "out-sourced" to Kuala Lumpor, I think we do just fine, thanks..... Then again, as they're all named John, or Bob, or Sarah, it's really not that hard to pronouce their names at all........ <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> (gotta love corporate contracts that require you to adopt a name for the purposes of your work......... <span>:smileysad:  )</span> <div></div>

[blynchehaun]

< Agreed! However, that is why they are called "mistakes". There is an accurate way to pronounce everything, and that is what we are looking for, accuracy. Each person may or may not continue to pronounce different names and words to his or her liking, but some of us just want to know what is accurate. > Actually, I think you'll find that they are called "dialects"......... But hey, po-tay-to, po-tah-to........... <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>

[Themaginator]

omg they changed english on me Tomato doesnt have an E LOL<div></div>

[Vobe]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Themaginator wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> EQ2Playa432 wrote:<BR>It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>no way Felwithe is  Fel-with dont forget that in english if theres an E at the end of a word it is almost NEVER pronounced EE...lol thats my biggest pet peeve of of all in pronunciation.<BR>do you say Bye, Byeeee?  or Tomatoe, Tomatoeeeeeeeeee i hope not =P<BR><BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>That is for words with a vowel before the silent E, and that makes it a long vowel. Its the difference between "Made" and "Mad".</P> <P>If the E on the end of Felwithe is infact silent, then the proper way to pronounce it is "fel - why - th", not "fel - wi - th".</P> <P>As for the words Bye and Toe, again you need to recognize that that E is making the previous vowel sound different.</P> <P>It cant be pronounced "with" if it has an E on the end. Its either "why - th" or "wi - thee".</P>

[Monnkees]

<DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>There is a correct way to pronounce things.... the "tomato/potato" thing has driven me nuts for years and is one of MY pet peeves lol.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=me><STRONG><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tomato" target=_blank>to‧ma‧to</A></STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>[</SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>tuh-mey-toh, </SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>-mah-</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim>]</SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=me><STRONG><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=potato" target=_blank>po‧ta‧to</A></STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>[</SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>puh-tey-toh, </SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>-tuh</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim>]</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG>Any time someone uses that example, I will do my best to politely correct it. :smileytongue:</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG>Most pronunciations in EQ I have done the same as what the developers posted, with a few exceptions. Several exceptions I went "oh, well that makes sense", a few I refuse to budge on though. One of the exceptions is Qeynos. I always pronounced it "kay-nosse". The ending is the same way they pronounce it in game (like nose with a hissing sound...noss) the beginning though was different. Hearing "Key" for the first time sent shivers up my spine, but I went "ok I can understand that" and promptly switched. I have never heard someone pronounce it "quey" and thank goodness, not sure where that came from.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG>The biggest one is Luclin. I played on the Luclin server in EQ since about when it came out, and have always pronounced it "Loose-lin". I am not entirely sure on the grammar rules surrounding this, but it seems to me there should not be a hard C (luck) sound. At this point, while I am pretty sure I am grammatically correct, even if I find I am not, "lucklin" just sounds far to harsh on my ears. I have always associated the moon with majestic ideas, and Luclin (looselin) herself is the goddess of shadows, mysterious, ethereal in a way, and saying LUCKlin just sounds....far to hard. I went to an EQ convention in San Francisco once, there were about 20 people from the Luclin (looselin) server. One person pronounced it Lucklin and about sent the rest of us into a fit. I have never heard it pronounced Lucklin over teamspeak either (which I avoid anyway, I dont like teamspeak....I prefer text, spelling is much easier to correct than pronunciation, not to mention it is more efficient, and I simply feel more comfortable with it anyway... text VS teamspeak is another discussion though).</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>I hear people pronounce Feerrott different ways, I cant figure out why. "Fear-Rot" seems the obvious pronunciation to me, it also fits lore-wise. A swamp of fear and rot.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>For the love of all that you cherish, it is the Thundering STEPS! (Steppe is pronounced step) not STEEPS!!! (it causes me physical pain to hear this mispronounced lol). This is not a matter of debate, its a real word with a real (and correct) pronunciation! :smileytongue:</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4 results for: <EM><FONT color=#ffffff>steppe</FONT></EM><!-- begin luna --><SPAN class=src><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html" target=_blank><FONT color=#ffffff size=1>Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)</FONT></A></SPAN><!-- google_ad_region_start=def --> <DIV><SPAN class=me>steppe</SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_ipapr><FONT color=#880000><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT face=Helvetica>/</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>step</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT face=Helvetica>/</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#116699> </FONT><A target=_blank><U><FONT color=#116699 size=2>Pronunciation Key</FONT></U></A><SPAN class=pron_toggle><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT face=Helvetica color=#880000> - </FONT></SPAN><A target=_blank><U><FONT color=#116699 size=2>Show Spelled Pronunciation</FONT></U></A></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#880000><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT face=Helvetica>[</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]><FONT face=Verdana>step</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT face=Helvetica>]</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#116699> </FONT><A target=_blank><U><FONT color=#116699 size=2>Pronunciation Key</FONT></U></A><SPAN class=pron_toggle><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT face=Helvetica color=#880000> - </FONT></SPAN><A target=_blank><U><FONT color=#116699 size=2>Show IPA Pronunciation</FONT></U></A></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#116699>, </FONT></SPAN><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=pg><EM><FONT color=#558811>–noun </FONT></EM></SPAN>1.an extensive plain, esp. one without trees.2.<SPAN class=secondary-bf><STRONG>The Steppes, </STRONG></SPAN>a.the vast grasslands, esp. those in the S and E European and W and SW Asian parts of Russia.b.<SPAN><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Kirghiz Steppe" target=_blank><FONT color=#116699>Kirghiz Steppe.</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <P> </P> <P><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>Anyway, many I agree with, a few I concede on, and some I refuse to have otherwise, Luclin in particular. Moorgard is right though, different places, different pronunciation...but according to the English language, there is a correct way to pronunciate everything. Im sticking with Websters lol</STRONG></FONT></P><p>Message Edited by Monnkees on <span class=date_text>08-26-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:58 AM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Vobe wrote:<BR> <P>It cant be pronounced "with" if it has an E on the end. Its either "why - th" or "wi - thee".</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>It can be pronounced however the developers want it to be pronounced.</P> <P> </P> <P>If my name was Edwardo in real life, I have every right to declare that the only way to properly pronounce my name was to call me David.</P>

[Caethre]

<DIV>OOC.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This thread has some interesting things in it, that's for certain. Well, I'm happy to stick with the more usual (I think they seem more usual to me) pronunciations for:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Luclin as: LUK-lin <BR>Steppes as: STEPS<BR>Feerrott as: FER-rot or FER-root (I don't mind which)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>However, as a Koad`Dal player all these years (EQ1 and EQ2), I really have always seen their home (marble) city as a three syllable word:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Felwithe as: FEL-wi-thi</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Furthermore, like an earlier poster, I also see the goddess the high elves worship, Tunare, as a three-syllable word.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But my main peeve has always been the "americanization" of the pronunication of first syllable of the word "Tunare" even from NPCs that otherwise speak without american accents. Hearing the pronunciation "TOON-AIR" from an "american-accent" NPC is only mildly funny, nothing more, but hearing it from an NPC that has otherwise been set up to have a European English accent, it just sounds plain wrong.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The pronunciation of "tune" in England is as "tchoon" and if one said "toon" one would simply sound ignorant. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV>I would always pronounce anything of this spelling (in the Queen's English!) as illustrated below.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tunare should be: tchoon-AR-ri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Felishanna.</DIV>

[Vobe]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Monnkees wrote:<BR> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG> I have never heard someone pronounce it "quey" and thank goodness, not sure where that came from.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>As someone who always said "Kway - nos" before EQ2 came along, the reasoning is simple. It starts with Q. Commonly used words that start with a Q are prounced with a "kw" sound. Quick, Quit, Queen, etc. Qeynos, may not have a U after the Q, but the only word I can think of that starts with a Q, and does NOT have a "kw" sound, is "Que". Which is not a word most people use commonly.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG>The biggest one is Luclin.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>I want to try and explain this one as well. "Loose" does not make sense. In order for the U to make that sound, it either needs a silent E in there somewhere, or it needs to be spelled with two Os. That is how you create the "oo" sound. For example, "loose" and "Lucy". Luclin however, is spelled with "Lu". That makes it a short U, so it should be pronounced "Luh", not "Loo".</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>The rest of the name is spelled "clin". Take a look at the word "clip". Do you pronounce it "slip"? Of course not, you say "klip".</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>Based on what I remember from first grade spelling, I believe</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim> "Luclin" should be pronounced "Luh - klin".</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>I hear people pronounce Feerrott different ways, I cant figure out why. "Fear-Rot" seems the obvious pronunciation to me, it also fits lore-wise. A swamp of fear and rot.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>I have always said "fee - rot", making sure to pronounce the T sound at the end. There are two Ts, so they cant be silent. I have no problem with people who say "Fear-rot" or "Farret", but it pains me when someone says "phareoh" (an egyptian king).</DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>For the love of all that you cherish, it is the Thundering STEPS! (Steppe is pronounced step) not STEEPS!!! (it causes me physical pain to hear this mispronounced lol). This is not a matter of debate, its a real word with a real (and correct) pronunciation! :smileytongue:</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>THANK YOU. I have been saying this for two years now. Its nice to see that there is ONE other person out there who knows how to say "Steppes" properly.</DIV> <DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Vobe]

<DIV>Oh, I just thought of another one that drives me crazy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Riposte"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is a fencing term, which we used often.... back in my fencing class in college.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is: "ri - post"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV>

[Barx]

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!<div>KWEL-e-ous (Quellious)</div> <div> </div> <div>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.</div> <div> </div> <div>KAH-zik Thuul (Cazic Thule)</div> <div> </div> <div>MITH-ahn-iel Marr (Mithanial Marr) (Marr pronouced like the enlish word "mar")</div> <div> </div> <div>EHR-rohl-issy Marr (Erollisi Marr) (I use more of an "e" and less of an "a" sound, as I think it shuold be).</div> <div> </div> <div>Zee-go-nee (Xegony)</div> <div> </div> <div>Feh-nin Roe (Fennin Ro)</div> <div> </div> <div>The Wrath(The Rathe) (Yes, I pronouce "Rathe" like "Wrath" only with less of a "w" sound and more of the r"</div> <div> </div> <div>Ber-tox-you-lous (Bertoxxulous)</div> <div> </div> <div>Brell Sir - illis (Brell Serilis)</div> <div> </div> <div>Sol-you-sekk Roe (Solusek Ro)</div> <div> </div> <div>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)</div> <div> </div> <div>Zeb-Uhks-or-Ruk (Zebuxoruk)</div> <div> </div> <div>Saar-in (Saryrn) (I know I pronouce this one wrong -- for me that second r is silent)</div> <div> </div> <div>TER-isss Thuule (Terris Thule) (TER being liek the beginning of "Terror" -- TER-is instead of Ther is)</div> <div> </div> <div>Bristle-bane Fizzle-thorpe (Bristlebane) (Hes real easy to pronouce IMHO)</div> <div> </div> <div>Vee-shan (Veeshan) (just like its spelled)</div> <div> </div> <div>Rod-Set Knife (Rodcet Nife)</div> <div> </div> <div>Rall-Ohs Zek (Rallos Zek)</div> <div> </div> <div>Sull-on Zek (Sullon Zek) (like sullen, only with more of a "on" instead of "in"</div> <div> </div> <div>Talon Zek (Tallon Zek) (just like the word "talon")</div> <div> </div> <div>Valon Zek (Vallon Zek) (just like "talon" only with a "v" sound instead of "t"</div> <div> </div> <div>Prek-sus (Prexus)</div> <div> </div> <div>Cah-rah-na (Karana)</div><div></div>

[Seffrid]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Monnkees wrote:<BR> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>This is not a matter of debate, its a real word with a real (and correct) pronunciation! :smileytongue:</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>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.

[Kendricke]

<blockquote><hr>Zoren Northwood wrote:How do you guys pronounce "Vyemm"?In my head I had always thought vie-EM, but now I'm in a guild whose members pronounce it on Ventrilo as VIM.<div></div><hr></blockquote>Most of the developers at the Atlanta FanFaire referred to him as Lord "Vim".

[BaruMonk]

<blockquote><hr>Ko'dan wrote:<blockquote><hr>Themaginator wrote:this proves some EQ players just plane cant read right lol<hr></blockquote>The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh andI awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!<hr></blockquote>Update: This does <i>not</i> work well when all of the "inside" letters are exactly reversed from the original word:<blockquote>The panemonehl pewor of the hamun mnid, anidroccg to a rcraeseh at Cgdirbmae Utisreviny, it d'nseot mettar in waht oedrr the lrettes in a wrod are, the olny inatropmt tnihg is taht the fsrit and lsat letter be in the rhgit pcale. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can slitl raed it wuohtit a pelborm. Tihs is bsuacee the hamun mnid deos not raed erevy lteter by ilestf, but the wrod as a wlohe. Anizamg huh? Yaeh and I ayawls thguoht snillepg was inatropmt!</blockquote>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.<p>Message Edited by BaruMonkey on <span class=date_text>08-28-2006</span> <span class=time_text>11:23 AM</span>

[Desdichada]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Seffrid wrote:<BR> <DIV>After years of playing EQLive with my own interpretation on how names sound, the voice-overs in EQ2 were something of a revelation. To discover after all this time that the place I knew as KAY-NOSS was in fact KEY-NOSE was profoundly distressing!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Of course I blame it on it being an American-produced game, we Brits would have done the pronunciation differently :smileywink:!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm just hoping that if we hear the booming voice of Cazic Thule it won't be along the lines of "Y'all shall fear me n00bs!" :smileyvery-happy:</DIV> <P>Message Edited by Seffrid on <SPAN class=date_text>08-24-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>09:37 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>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...</P> <P><BR> </P>

[Monnkees]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Seffrid wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Monnkees wrote:<BR> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>This is not a matter of debate, its a real word with a real (and correct) pronunciation! :smileytongue:</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>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.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>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).</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><STRONG><FONT color=#66ff00>I am still having difficulties with Lucklin :smileytongue: There was no pronunciation guide...so we made our own rules hehe.</FONT></STRONG></P>

[Uanelven]

<div><blockquote><hr>Vobe wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Monnkees wrote: <div></div> <div></div> <div> <div><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><font color="#66ff00"><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="prondelim"><strong></strong></span></span></span></font></span></span></div><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><font color="#66ff00"><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="prondelim"><strong></strong></span></span></span></font></span></span></div><div> </div> <div><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="prondelim">As someone who always said "Kway - nos" before EQ2 came along, the reasoning is simple. It starts with Q. Commonly used words that start with a Q are prounced with a "kw" sound. Quick, Quit, Queen, etc. Qeynos, may not have a U after the Q, but the only word I can think of that starts with a Q, and does NOT have a "kw" sound, is "Que". Which is not a word most people use commonly.</span></span></span></span></span></div> <div><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><font color="#66ff00"><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="prondelim"><strong></strong></span></span></span></font></span></span> </div> <div><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><font color="#66ff00"><span class="pronset"><span class="show_spellpr"><span class="prondelim"><strong></strong></span></span></span></font></span></span></div></blockquote><hr></blockquote>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.</div>

[LordBanxter]

<P>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.</P> <P>Oh well, these are the main reasons I hardly ever use teamspeak, since the printed word cannot in any circumstances be misconstrued.</P> <P> </P>

[Lastdeadmouse]

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?

[Cusashorn]

<DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Lastdeadmouse wrote:<BR> 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?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>This is probably the most debated pronounciation for as long as the series existed. I pronounce it "So", as in "So what?"</DIV>

[DreamerClou]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Vobe wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Themaginator wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> EQ2Playa432 wrote:<BR>It just struck me - Felwithe isn't Fel/wi/thee?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>no way Felwithe is  Fel-with dont forget that in english if theres an E at the end of a word it is almost NEVER pronounced EE...lol thats my biggest pet peeve of of all in pronunciation.<BR>do you say Bye, Byeeee?  or Tomatoe, Tomatoeeeeeeeeee i hope not =P<BR><BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>That is for words with a vowel before the silent E, and that makes it a long vowel. Its the difference between "Made" and "Mad".</P> <P>If the E on the end of Felwithe is infact silent, then the proper way to pronounce it is "fel - why - th", not "fel - wi - th".</P> <P>As for the words Bye and Toe, again you need to recognize that that E is making the previous vowel sound different.</P> <P>It cant be pronounced "with" if it has an E on the end. Its either "why - th" or "wi - thee".</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> </P> <P>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?<BR></P>

[Hannalynn]

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 <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />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 <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Grozmok]

I always pronounce it 'Kay-Nose', as 'Key-Nose'... doesn't seem right. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />But then again I always get flamed on vent for it ("Kaynose? Where's Kaynose?? You have a WHAT claymore??").<div></div>

[KazzySoJaz]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Vobe wrote:<BR> <DIV>Oh, I just thought of another one that drives me crazy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Riposte"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is a fencing term, which we used often.... back in my fencing class in college.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is: "ri - post"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I laugh everytime I hear someone say Re-posty making the te sound like a ty.

[RaphaNissi]

Since this is the lore forums..how do you guys pronounce Vhalen, Ilucide, and Jindrack?<div></div>

[KazzySoJaz]

<div><blockquote><hr>RaphaNissi wrote:Since this is the lore forums..how do you guys pronounce Vhalen, Ilucide, and Jindrack?<div></div><hr></blockquote>I am not an expert by any means but I would say Vhalen = Vay-linILucide = E-lu-sid  (if it is double LL I would say You-Sid)Jindrack = Yin-Drak (drak-ota drak sound)</div>

[Jindrack]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> RaphaNissi wrote:<BR>Since this is the lore forums..how do you guys pronounce Vhalen, Ilucide, and Jindrack?<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Jindrack = JIN-drak</P><p>Message Edited by Jindrack on <span class=date_text>09-06-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:52 PM</span>

[EQ2Playa432]

<DIV>Eh-LOO-cide is how I pronounce Ilucide. </DIV>

[selch]

<blockquote><hr>KazzySoJazzy wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>RaphaNissi wrote:Since this is the lore forums..how do you guys pronounce Vhalen, Ilucide, and Jindrack?<div></div><hr></blockquote>I am not an expert by any means but I would say Vhalen = Vay-linILucide = E-lu-sid  (if it is double LL I would say You-Sid)Jindrack = Yin-Drak (drak-ota drak sound)</div><hr></blockquote>Yeah, I believe Vah-laen is supposed to be, but for some reason it reminds me "Van Halen" band <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Mirander_1]

<div><blockquote><hr>selch wrote:<blockquote></blockquote>Yeah, I believe Vah-laen is supposed to be, but for some reason it reminds me "Van Halen" band <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><hr></blockquote>Heh, that was probably actually intentional.  If you look around enough you can find a ton of little references like that in the Everquest world</div>

[Kharadr]

What sounds "foreign" or "fantasylike" to people depends a lot on their native language. I'm Dutch and I notice that my Dutch friends who also play EQ2 pronounce a lot of the things the same as I do. Because of the Dutch, we usually pronouce Qeynos as Kway-noss. E'ci as Ekki (maybe cause it looks a bit Italian?). Solusek as Sol-oo-sek, with a Latin "u", so to speak. The accent is on Sol, though.<div></div>

[scl]

I say Var-len and Ill-you-side, but I'm British! <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[MysidiaDrakkenbane]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Monnkees wrote:<BR> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>There is a correct way to pronounce things.... the "tomato/potato" thing has driven me nuts for years and is one of MY pet peeves lol.</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=me><STRONG><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tomato" target=_blank>to‧ma‧to</A></STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>[</SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>tuh-mey-toh, </SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>-mah-</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim>]</SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=me><STRONG><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=potato" target=_blank>po‧ta‧to</A></STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>[</SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>puh-tey-toh, </SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>-tuh</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim>]</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG>Any time someone uses that example, I will do my best to politely correct it. :smileytongue:</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></P>Message Edited by Monnkees on <SPAN class=date_text>08-26-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>10:58 AM</SPAN><BR></DIV> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>really? I guess all of my friends in the UK are wrong, then.<BR>

[Zyphius]

<blockquote><hr>MysidiaClash wrote:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE><HR>Monnkees wrote:<BR><DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG>There is a correct way to pronounce things.... the "tomato/potato" thing has driven me nuts for years and is one of MY pet peeves lol.</STRONG></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT> </DIV><DIV><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=me><STRONG><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tomato" target=_blank>to‧ma‧to</A></STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>[</SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>tuh-mey-toh, </SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>-mah-</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim>]</SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=me><STRONG><A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=potato" target=_blank>po‧ta‧to</A></STRONG></SPAN> <SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim>[</SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>puh-tey-toh, </SPAN><SPAN class=[Removed for Content]>-tuh</SPAN><SPAN class=prondelim>]</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG>Any time someone uses that example, I will do my best to politely correct it. :smileytongue:</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><FONT color=#66ff00><SPAN class=pronset><SPAN class=show_spellpr><SPAN class=prondelim><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><P><FONT color=#66ff00><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></P>Message Edited by Monnkees on <SPAN class=date_text>08-26-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>10:58 AM</SPAN><BR></DIV><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>really? I guess all of my friends in the UK are wrong, then.<BR><hr></blockquote>Guess so... <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Vhalen]

<DIV>I say, ILL-OO-SIDE, but he tends to hate when I pronounce it that way.</DIV>

[Lader]

<DIV>I read Ill-uh-side, vaylen, jindrack</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Kriki]

Ilucide - i-loo-ci-day (accent on 1st and 3rd syllables)Vhalen - vay-len (accent on 1st syllable)Jindrack - gin-drak (accent on 1st syllable)<div></div>That's my opinion, I could be wrong.ScarllettEverfrost

[Badtidings]

<P>frahnk - en - steen</P> <P>eye - gore</P>

[Atrix Wolfe]

As long as you don't say luck.lin for (luclin) I'm happy. Luke.lin sounds so much better.  Being a moon and having the first two letters the same as lunar it gets the same assosication.  Nobody says it lunner like runner.  That would also drive me nuts.<p>Message Edited by Atrix Wolfe on <span class=date_text>09-08-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:19 AM</span>

[Whazy]

Ok...  I never knew how to pronounce this: <STRONG><U><EM>Lxanvon</EM></U></STRONG>.  Any ideas?

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>El-zhan-von or Li-zhan-von. Your choice.</DIV>

[Ilucide]

All this time, and I've never seen this thread. I still have no idea how to pronounce Vhalen.'<i>ill - oo - sid</i>' is my pronunciation. Sort of like 'il - lucid', or 'not clear thinking'.Though I'll also accept '<i>ilu - cide</i>', rather like 'death of light'.<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ilucide wrote:<BR>All this time, and I've never seen this thread. I still have no idea how to pronounce Vhalen.<BR><BR>'<I>ill - oo - sid</I>' is my pronunciation. Sort of like 'il - lucid', or 'not clear thinking'.<BR><BR>Though I'll also accept '<I>ilu - cide</I>', rather like 'death of light'.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.

[Dymus]

LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I think it would be a bit strange to wander around the office calling each other by our message board names. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Priestbane]

<P>Well, only because you know each other.  All of us you cram together at fan faire only know each other by character/board names!</P> <P> </P> <P>Not to mention those of us *used* to playing under assumed names live action...</P>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P></P> <HR> <P>Cusashorn wrote:</P> <P>LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.<BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Dymus wrote:<BR>I think it would be a bit strange to wander around the office calling each other by our message board names. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><BR><BR></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>*blush*<BR>uh .. yeah .. which is worse .. calling your co-worker by their "forum name or game name" or calling your husband (or wife) by their In-game name out of game ...</P> <P>*blush* ...</P> <P>Not that I have done that .. (many times) ...</P> <P>But! Oh! Man!  My boss/partner is my former EQ1 "spouse" and it took ages for me to stop thinking of him as [ in game name ] verses [ real name ].  </P> <P>Then there is my assistant .. occassionally I will refer to him as his [ in game name ] verses his [ real name ] ...</P> <P>*sigh* ... When Game life collides with Real life ...</P> <P> </P>

[Ilucide]

<blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div></div>LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.<hr></blockquote> It would be really, REALLY hard for me not to talk to Vhalen at work, being as how he and Jindrack share an office with me.  <span>:smileysurprised:</span> As Dymus pointed out though, being as how we're at least partially human, we tend to use real names to speak with each other, both in and outside the office.<span></span> <div></div>

[NoNameChosen]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ilucide wrote:<BR><BR>It would be really, REALLY hard for me not to talk to Vhalen at work, being as how he and Jindrack share an office with me.  <SPAN>:smileysurprised:</SPAN><BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>/ignore <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Rijacki]

<div><blockquote><hr>Dymus wrote:LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I think it would be a bit strange to wander around the office calling each other by our message board names. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote>I've been called by  character name more times than I can count.  Even my boyfriend tended to call me by my name in SWG when we played (he less often calls me Rijacki or Jacki) and I use his character name almost more than his real name... but that's because that was the first name he was introduced to me as and is the nickname he most often uses *chuckle* (and uses for at least 1 character in every game he plays... while I change mine every time).Over the years, I would answer to Alienor (from being in the SCA), Pagan (BBS handle for a few years), Caillou (EQ1), Tess (SWG), Rijacki/Jacki or Oh (EQ2), Shrew or TShrew or ShrewKat, Kat or Kitten, and more.. *laugh*There have been times I was sure my given name was entirely forgotten amoung a group of people.  </div>

[Coccinea_Maga]

<P>I've always pronouced Vhalen as <EM>Vā - lin</EM>, like the Minbari leader in Babylon 5.</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>I know, I know ... I'm a nerd  :smileysad:</P>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ilucide wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <BR>LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It would be really, REALLY hard for me not to talk to Vhalen at work, being as how he and Jindrack share an office with me.  <SPAN>:smileysurprised:</SPAN><BR><BR>As Dymus pointed out though, being as how we're at least partially human, we tend to use real names to speak with each other, both in and outside the office.<SPAN></SPAN><BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Well then, I hope this teaches you a lesson that you guys need to get involved in the game a bit more. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P><BR>(Oh the irony of that statement.)</P>

[EtoilePirate]

<div><blockquote><hr>KerowynnKaotic wrote:<div></div><blockquote></blockquote> <p>*blush*uh .. yeah .. which is worse .. calling your co-worker by their "forum name or game name" or calling your husband (or wife) by their In-game name out of game ...</p> <p>*blush* ...</p> <p>Not that I have done that .. (many times) ...</p> <p>But! Oh! Man!  My boss/partner is my former EQ1 "spouse" and it took ages for me to stop thinking of him as [ in game name ] verses [ real name ].  </p> <p>Then there is my assistant .. occassionally I will refer to him as his [ in game name ] verses his [ real name ] ...</p> <p>*sigh* ... When Game life collides with Real life ...</p><hr></blockquote>My boyfriend and I first "met" through an online forum in 1997.  By the time we met in real life in 2003 the damage was done, hehe.  We're as likely as not to refer to each other by online aliases as by real names, when we're talking to each other.  Actually it took me over a year of being together to change his number in my cell phone to his real name.</div>

[Calthine]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Coccinea_Maga wrote:<BR> <P>I've always pronouced Vhalen as <EM>Vā - lin</EM>, like the Minbari leader in Babylon 5.</P> <P></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The character Vhalen in EQ1 was rumored to be named after Van Halen (and he was for a bard quest), so I always pronounced it V'Hay-len

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Calthine wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Coccinea_Maga wrote:<BR> <P>I've always pronouced Vhalen as <EM>Vā - lin</EM>, like the Minbari leader in Babylon 5.</P> <P></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>The character Vhalen in EQ1 was rumored to be named after Van Halen (and he was for a bard quest), so I always pronounced it V'Hay-len<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Yeah, he is, but I don't pronounce his name that way.</P> <P> </P> <P>BTW: Cut back on the caffiene, will ya? 14110 posts????</P>

[RaphaNissi]

<div><blockquote><hr>Calthine wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Coccinea_Maga wrote: <p>I've always pronouced Vhalen as <em>Vā - lin</em>, like the Minbari leader in Babylon 5.</p> <p></p> <hr> </blockquote>The character Vhalen in EQ1 was rumored to be named after Van Halen (and he was for a bard quest), so I always pronounced it V'Hay-len<hr></blockquote>That was my thinking too, Calthine.  Now, I think it's more like what Coccinea said.  I guess the only difference between the two that the "H" is silent, so I'm ok with that.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </div>

[Pucswift]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:<blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div></div>LOL oh wow. That must really say something if the Red Names don't even make contact with each other at the office.<hr></blockquote> It would be really, REALLY hard for me not to talk to Vhalen at work, being as how he and Jindrack share an office with me.  <span>:smileysurprised:</span> As Dymus pointed out though, being as how we're at least partially human, we tend to use real names to speak with each other, both in and outside the office.<span></span> <div></div><hr></blockquote>You should try going a day without speaking to them =PThat would be funny lolOnly rules.. No verbal words.. write or type =P</div><p>Message Edited by 3TAN on <span class=date_text>09-15-2006</span> <span class=time_text>12:15 PM</span>

[ReneeM]

<P>Yeah i'm with the whole Van Halen thing myself. As soon as i discoved it in EQ2 I said someone's a Van Halen fan. hehe</P> <P> </P> <P>on another subject I saw a message about the pronouncation of SOW  and how it should be said.  Since it's not Spirt of the female pig it shouldn't be pronounced as such.  therefore it should be pronounced  so  (as in so what).  Are you asking for a female pig or do you want to run faster? see what i mean?</P> <P> </P>