How do you pronounce draugr? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:13 am

I just realised I've been pronouncing it 'droo' in my head and realised that can't be it...

Anyone?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:38 am

From the Bloodmoon expansion for Morrowind I think I remember it to be ''druh"...

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:40 am

Draw-grr.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:44 am

Dror-gur

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:06 am

It's "Draw-grr". That's how Todd's been saying it, and it sounds the best.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:13 am

If it follows the rules of standard elvish language/pronunciation, it'd be drow-grr

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:40 am

I pronounce it, flamethrowing time.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:41 am

Drog - er

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:28 am

Drahg - Ur

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:21 am

Drow-gur (with "ow", like cow)

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:28 am

Drah - gUr

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:37 am

Draugr rhymes with Frogger

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:47 am

Draw-grr.

Yup. Also just listen to how they say it in game.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:42 pm

Draugr rhymes with Frogger

I think the G is not as pronounced, but basically this.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:25 am

Yup. Also just listen to how they say it in game.

I don't think I've heard anyone actually say it in game yet...

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:54 pm

Dra.... .Zombie skeleton

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:28 am

Probably 'draw-gur'.

I'm a little annoyed with this sort of thing, since it seems like Bethesda has thrown out the traditional pronunciations found in books in previous games like Morrowind and Daggerfall in favor of pronouncing every word phonetically.

For example, I could swear the dwemer used to be pronounced as 'dway - mer', but now in Skyrim they pronounce it exactly as it is spelled.

Also, the Bosmer. It used to be pronounced 'bow - mer' with the 's' silent. Now all NPCs, even elves, pronounce it as 'boss - mer'.

So, regardless of how draugr may have USED to be pronounced, I'd bet money on the pronunciation now being phonetic. <_<

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:35 pm

I just realised I've been pronouncing it 'droo' in my head and realised that can't be it...

Anyone?

In "The Witcher 2" Geralt pronounces it as "Draw-Gur." I assume it's the same deal.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:12 am

I'm with Geralt. The man knows his beasties, for sure.

I've also got a pronuciation question. "Ysgramor". They say it "Ees-grum-mor" in-game, but I'd always thought that it should sound like... I don't know. Close to "Yus-gram-or", but with a very guttural "Y". They don't pronounce the "Y" sound at all.

What do you guys think?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:04 am

I always thought Germanic/Norse words that had R's on the end treated the R as silent, but I may be wrong.

So I call them "Draugs".

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:12 pm

I'm a little annoyed with this sort of thing, since it seems like Bethesda has thrown out the traditional pronunciations found in books in previous games like Morrowind and Daggerfall in favor of pronouncing every word phonetically.

For example, I could swear the dwemer used to be pronounced as 'dway - mer', but now in Skyrim they pronounce it exactly as it is spelled.

Also, the Bosmer. It used to be pronounced 'bow - mer' with the 's' silent. Now all NPCs, even elves, pronounce it as 'boss - mer'.

So, regardless of how draugr may have USED to be pronounced, I'd bet money on the pronunciation now being phonetic. <_<

Those prononuciations were never featured in-game, from what I recall.

As for how it's said, they say Drah-gur in skyrim. There's a scene during the stormcloak questline where an inexperienced soldier asks what one is, and is told it's a drah-gur.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:36 am

AFAIK, Draugr is supposed to be pronounced like an Icelandic / Old Norse word. The gr makes basically the same sound it would at the start of a word like great. Problem is, native English speakers can't really make that sound very easily (it's kinda like the infamous Japanese L/R situation), so in-game, it's dra-gur.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:45 am

AFAIK, Draugr is supposed to be pronounced like an Icelandic / Old Norse word. The gr makes basically the same sound it would at the start of a word like great. Problem is, native English speakers can't really make that sound very easily (it's kinda like the infamous Japanese L/R situation), so in-game, it's dra-gur.

I've never heard anyone of import argue for a specific pronunciation of Draugr.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:36 am

I'm not talking about within-the-context-of-TES. Draugr aren't something that Bethesda made up. They're real nordic mythological undead.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:06 pm

I'm not talking about within-the-context-of-TES. Draugr aren't something that Bethesda made up. They're real nordic mythological undead.

Yes, but that's real life.