Name Pronunciations!

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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Namic » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:42 am

Might as well join in the fun :)

Namic - Nam-Ick
Thurimar - Thur-a-mar
Nera - Near-a
Lanimus - Lan-a-miss

well thats a few of my "more" active characters
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Skye » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:06 am

Here's my Ynaura pronunciation confession... in-OR-ah.

Ever since Skye... until this very day. I haz now bin skooled. :D

Er. Hmm. A few of my 'more actives' (or at least more recents)

va-LAIR-uh-tee = Valerity
ee-VEH-shka = Eveshka
PAX-sehn = Paxen

Excellent thread! Enjoying it.

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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Elke » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:18 pm

This has to be revived I think...

Elke = El-kuh!

Amaera = 'Am-air-ah'

Delina = 'deh-leen-a'

http://www.nordicnames.de/audio/Madchen/Elke.mp3

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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Isolrem » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:26 pm

Isolrem - EYE-sul-rem
Wrevas - REE-vus
Tramas - TA-mas
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Jerrel » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:31 am

/resuscitates thread/

Mine are easy, but I'm curious about others' names:

Jerrel: JEH-rel or Jurrl if you're from Maryland
Derayn: Da-RAIN
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by dolifer » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:47 am

Think only one or two of these is even a little difficult to get right, but...

Areia - ah-RAY-yuh (almost like two Y's where the I is)
Dolifer - DOH-lih-fer (Latin for "Painbearer," in case any Latin geeks out there were wondering!)
Lira -- LEER-uh
Zerrin - ZEHR-in

And one I'll eventually get around to playing a bit...

Norachtzu - nor-ACHT-soo (rolled R, and the CH is like one of those icky-sounding hard German CH sounds.)
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Terageld » Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:25 pm

Most helpful thread ever, right here. I've been pronouncing everyone's name wrong.

Terageld- tare-Ah-geld
Raihan- rai-Hahn da Rip-uh
Tast- pronounced like "fast"
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Post by Gwain » Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:50 pm

Gwain - GWuhEEEEEEEEEEEEEANUNNNNNNNNNEN
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Aishe » Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:34 pm

Heh, this thread has been most useful!

Anyways:
Aishe- Aeesh
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Yemin » Sun Sep 13, 2015 4:43 pm

Mers = Mierse = Mee - ers... just say Mers in the cheesiest most fake german accent you can manage
Thought i'd add some voices:
xand =plain old eZand + Xand's voice = the voice repeated in these clips minus weird accents. Sounds most like the very first clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lCYH6OI-Fs

Also. Do yourself a favour and say Gwain with a really thich welsh accent. Its a treat.
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Lylena » Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:07 pm

I will supplicate each of your explanations for whatever I've already had in my head (I'm kidding.) This really was helpful, thanks for revival! :D

Lylena = Lie lay na (nuh? I should be good at typing things how they sound. We should find some sort of sound clip program and just upload short clips.../lazy)

Though I've heard various forms verbalized, mostly people starting with Lil for Lily, this is how I've always said it in my head in broken down, not accurate ways of explaining how it sounds. :)

That said, KEEP THE LILY STUFF COMIN'! :D
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Hrosskell » Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:40 pm

Cahir Kerrigan's name is all one big joke. It's Care Care-again.
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Beskytter » Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:50 am

It's been great to read all of these, now it's my turn to help out with one:

Beskytter -- Bess-shei-ttair (Literally means Protector/Guardian in Norwegian, though it's a noun and not a name. :? ) My favorite substitute for this is Cahir's "Biscuit Eater".

Also,

Eyolf -- Ayy'ulf (meaning Young Wolf, this one is an actual Norge name.)
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Parsley » Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:03 am

Parsley -> :roll: (like your garnish of choice)

Zebas -> ZEH - BAS (From the greek σεβα)
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Aysa » Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:54 am

Parsley wrote:Parsley -> :roll: (like your garnish of choice)
Parcel, Parsley, Par snip... Parley?

Parley?! D*mn to the depths whatever man thought up "parley"

That would be the French.

Ok, with that being said:

Aysa -- "AI-sa"
Vierva -- "VEE-er-va"
Talaedra -- "Ta-LAY-drah"
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Yemin » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:05 am

Aysa wrote: Aysa -- "AI-sa"
Vierva -- "VEE-er-va"
Talaedra -- "Ta-LAY-drah"
So your saying Aysa is american, Vierva is russian and Talaedra is southern bell. Gotcha
Those are the accents i hear when I slowly enounciate them so... yeah.
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Yemin » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:07 am

Yemin wrote:Mers = Mierse = Mee - ers... just say Mers in the cheesiest most fake german accent you can manage
Thought i'd add some voices:
xand =plain old eZand + Xand's voice = the voice repeated in these clips minus weird accents. Sounds most like the very first clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lCYH6OI-Fs

Also. Do yourself a favour and say Gwain with a really thich welsh accent. Its a treat.
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yemin's voice is the male fella from this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7YUbIFweUE
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Aysa » Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:07 am

Yemin wrote:So your saying Aysa is american, Vierva is russian and Talaedra is southern bell. Gotcha
Those are the accents i hear when I slowly enounciate them so... yeah.
Different races, so why not different dialects?
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Ungtar » Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:10 am

Lots of planets have a south.
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Re: Name Pronunciations!

Post by Anguin » Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:20 pm

Greux - Rhymes with 'juice'
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