Alduin=Al-Doon? Al-Doo-In? Al-Doo? Al-Dwin? : V

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:31 am

Alright so I always thought about how our little world eater's name is pronounced correctly, as I would pronounce it "Al-Doon" for some reason. Obviously I need to know the correct pronunciation, so lets discuss! :read:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:52 pm

All Do Win.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:01 am

I say Al-dyew-in. I lay no claim to any knowledge on this at all though

[Edit] changed the spelling as it's how others are describing it, and it's the same as what I was going for (so that there's no confusion)

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:37 am

ALL-dwin. :thumbsup:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:20 am

ale d' wine

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:28 pm

I always thought it was Al-dyew-in.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:19 am

ale d' wine

But why is the rum gone?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:13 pm

That's easy. It's Aldumi.. ehh Adlun... damn Aluni.... agrrr Altur... ehh Akantosh.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:28 am

Alright so I always thought about how our little world eater's name is pronounced correctly, as I would pronounce it "Al-Doon" for some reason. Obviously I need to know the correct pronunciation, so lets discuss! :read:

Both Al-Doo-In and Al-Dwin are correct depending on your accent and how fast you pronounce it. I preffer Al-Doo-In as it sounds like it fits the lore the best.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:42 am

I always thought it was Al-dyew-in.

This.
I thought it was a relatively straightforward pronunciation :shrug:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:36 am

I always thought it was Al-dyew-in.

It would have to be spelled Aldeuin for it to be pronounced like that.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:47 am

It would have to be spelled Aldeuin for it to be pronounced like that.

If it was spelled Aldeuin it would be pronounced Al-de-yoo-in

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:34 pm

If it was spelled Aldeuin it would be pronounced Al-de-yoo-in

Maybe, but if you pronounce that fast you get the same word. The point was that the naked "du" doesn't suffice for the softer "dyew" sound. There has to be an "e" in there or some other additional vowel.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:36 am

As a German I never asked myself that question - it's just Alduin, duh!

Al Doo Een, with the A as in Amish.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:12 am

Maybe, but if you pronounce that fast you get the same word. The point was that the naked "du" doesn't suffice for the softer "dyew" sound. There has to be an "e" in there or some other additional vowel.

Im not seeing it (hearing it?)
Only if you say it slowly might it come out as "deyew", but im hearing "dyew" as "dew", pronouncing it as "Al-Doo-In" sounds to me the same as, for example, pronouncing stupid as stoopid :shrug:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:00 am

Im not seeing it (hearing it?)
Only if you say it slowly might it come out as "deyew", but im hearing "dyew" as "dew", pronouncing it as "Al-Doo-In" sounds to me the same as, for example, pronouncing stupid as stoopid :shrug:

Yeah, it's a very subtle difference. I guess both versions are correct:
either Al - Doo - In or Al - Dyew - In.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:19 am

I would go with Al-Dwin or All-dwin. I don't like the sound of Al-dyoo-in, sounds to bri-ish

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:28 am

Yeah, it's a very subtle difference. I guess both versions are correct:
either Al - Doo - In or Al - Dyew - In.

I agree, they're both very similar. :thumbsup:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:06 am

I say Al-Doo-een.

It's how the chanting guys pronounced it at the Video Game Awards.

They say Alduin at about the 22 second marker in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJKoDd62KCM video.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:52 am

I say Al-du-in... Bethesda can you give us the answer?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:03 am

I say Al-du-in... Bethesda can you give us the answer?

This is something we can all wait to hear in the actual game.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:59 pm

Weird Al do win.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:20 am

It would have to be spelled Aldeuin for it to be pronounced like that.

No, you wouldn't. In most accents (not American usually though) things like "obtuse" are pronounced "ob-tyew-s"

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:22 am

Ahl-doo-in.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:46 am

Similar to Tatooine, for no specific reason, it just sounds better to me that way.