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Unknown2007-01-26 20:04:01
Okay... I was recently reminded how anyone at anytime can mis-pronounce names that they see on the screen. Example: I was constantly pronouncing Ialie as Ee-uh-lee. From the videos I found on YouTube, obviously I'm wrong. doh.gif I think she was pronouncing it Eye-al-ee. Hm. Ah well.

Mine: Linwe (Lihn-way) ninja.gif

Anyone else?
Valarien2007-01-26 20:06:43
This is good, as some of your names frankly confuse me all to hell.

Valarien.

Vahl-are-ee-ehn

I'm not a root, either, so spell my damned name right :/
Jigan2007-01-26 20:07:28
Jigan can be pronounced several ways...

Jee-Gin (G-gin?)
Jee-Gan (G-gan?)
Yee-Gan
Yee-Gin

It doesn't bother me how you pronounce it. I use them all at random. It's mainly accent and how you stress the word.
Valarien2007-01-26 20:08:30
QUOTE(Jigan @ Jan 26 2007, 02:07 PM) 377588
Jigan can be pronounced several ways...

Jee-Gin (G-gin?)
Jee-Gan (G-gan?)
Yee-Gan
Yee-Gin

It doesn't bother me how you pronounce it. I use them all at random.



Your post defies the purpose of this thread and only serves to spread unwarranted confusion! Woe!
Jigan2007-01-26 20:10:18
Fine, go with Gee-gan version.
Daganev2007-01-26 20:11:56
QUOTE(Valarien @ Jan 26 2007, 12:06 PM) 377587
This is good, as some of your names frankly confuse me all to hell.

Valarien.

Vahl-are-ee-ehn

I'm not a root, either, so spell my damned name right :/


We should get you and daedalion next to eachother...
Soll2007-01-26 20:18:19
Shall we? Shall we really get into this? No-one has yet to say Soll right. sad.gif
Astraea2007-01-26 20:19:47
I pronounce Astraea 'Bob'.
Genevieve2007-01-26 20:20:07
Well, at the least, I know HOW to say Soll right, but my mind refuses to do it. Kind of like how I (ironically) spent years mispronouncing pronunciation as pronounciation.
Valarien2007-01-26 20:23:46
QUOTE(daganev @ Jan 26 2007, 02:11 PM) 377591
We should get you and daedalion next to eachother...




crying.gif


EDIT:: I've always said Soll like 'soul' >.>
Noola2007-01-26 20:25:29
QUOTE(Soll @ Jan 26 2007, 02:18 PM) 377593
Shall we? Shall we really get into this? No-one has yet to say Soll right. sad.gif


Wouldn't it be like doll? Or ball?

By the way, Noola is ... noo-la. tongue.gif
Soll2007-01-26 20:29:10
Yeah, but you Americans go 'Dawl', or 'Bawl'.
Soll2007-01-26 20:29:59
QUOTE(Valarien @ Jan 26 2007, 08:23 PM) 377596
crying.gif
EDIT:: I've always said Soll like 'soul' >.>


That's how everyone seems to want to say it. sad.gif I get too many people go, "Haha, Soll's soul." I don't protest anymore. mellow.gif
Diamondais2007-01-26 20:30:12
QUOTE(Soll @ Jan 26 2007, 03:29 PM) 377599
Yeah, but you Americans go 'Dawl', or 'Bawl'.

And would you mind putting it as you would? tongue.gif

Which if I remember correctly, few ever got when you said 'doll'.
Tzekelkan2007-01-26 20:30:25
Ooooh, buoy.

Tzeh-kul-kaan.

I posses no command over phonetic spelling, so you will need to make do with what I can provide. Nonetheless, I am really curious as to how one would expect to pronounce the names of fellow lusternians.

EDIT: And that first 'e' is 'pet', not 'peer'.
Lucan2007-01-26 20:32:21
loo-CAHN, emphasis on second syllable. To be honest, I didn't come up with the name. I came into Lusternia specifically to play Solarus' and Everiine's son (along with Maeka) and Solarus was the one who thought of the name. She has some big book o' dragon stuff and saw it in there. I dunno how she pronounces it, but it's loo-CAHN to me, and he's MY chara, so that's how it's pronounced, damnit.

And Linwe, as much as I hate to admit that I'm a Sailormoon fanboy...I love your signature. Marry me.
Noola2007-01-26 20:32:55
QUOTE(Soll @ Jan 26 2007, 02:29 PM) 377599
Yeah, but you Americans go 'Dawl', or 'Bawl'.


Oh.... so how do you pronounce doll and ball and Soll then?
Noola2007-01-26 20:33:41
QUOTE(tzekelkan @ Jan 26 2007, 02:30 PM) 377604
Ooooh, buoy.

Tzeh-kul-kaan.

I posses no command over phonetic spelling, so you will need to make do with what I can provide. Nonetheless, I am really curious as to how one would expect to pronounce the names of fellow lusternians.

EDIT: And that first 'e' is 'pet', not 'peer'.


Is the T silent?
Unknown2007-01-26 20:33:50
QUOTE(Astraea @ Jan 26 2007, 02:19 PM) 377594
I pronounce Astraea 'Bob'.


Finally! Vindication!

Everyone else kept trying to correct me.
Shayle2007-01-26 20:34:43
I think Soll = Sawl.

I think Valarien would have named himself something else if he'd played Achaea.

And I like this thread. Xenthos and I do this for fun sometimes. And yes, Shayle = shale. Yay for simplicity.