Out of curiousity, is it pronounced lich (like itch), Leech or Like?

I always used to say leech, but everyone else says lich (rhymes with itch), so I've gone with that.

It's like itch, I do believe.

Correct.

I'm very Lichy; my house has flees.

Whenever I see that word, I think of the boss from Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, and the booming voice that announces the bosses.

Actually... its pronouced Lick

But in fantasy settings its been known to be pronoucned Lich

lich

\\Lich\\ (lch), n. c body. See Like, a.] A dead body; a corpse.

Lich fowl (Zol.), the European goatsucker; -- called also lich owl.

Lich gate, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await the clergyman; a corpse gate. --Halliwell.

Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. --Chaucer.

Lich wall, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.

Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

What the blinking Nil is a goatsucker? Do I even WANT to know?

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Nightjars are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats (the Latin for goatsucker is Caprimulgus).

From Wikipedia: Goatsucker

Oh.

I just sorta had a flashback to Ixchilgal's old sig, there. :/

Ahahaha.