How do you pronounce Skyrim? : V

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:13 am

How do you pronounce Skyrim?

I thought it was Sky-rim but my cousin pronounced it Skirim. How is it said?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:47 am

Sky-rim. Exactly how it's spelled. Multiple people in Oblivion pronounce it outloud and all in the same way. The developers also say it that way in videos.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:24 am

Thanks for your help

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:15 am

Even Max von Sydow pronounces it "Sky-rim" in the trailer.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:27 am

I was shocked when I heard the trailer pronounce it as "Sky Rim", for years I was saying "Skeer Rim" because I thought I heard a NPC say it in Oblivion. Now after playing as a Nord I hear another Nord say Sky Rim. Anyway was anyone else shocked at this? I never played as a Nord before or have I heard the random NPC pvssyr about Skyrim until recently.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:30 pm

I was shocked when I heard the trailer pronounce it as "Sky Rim", for years I was saying "Skeer Rim" because I thought I heard a NPC say it in Oblivion. Now after playing as a Nord I hear another Nord say Sky Rim. Anyway was anyone else shocked at this? I never played as a Nord before or have I heard the random NPC pvssyr about Skyrim until recently.

No, I wasn't shocked, it's pronunciation was pretty self explanatory. Also, they talk about Skyrim all the time in Bruma in Oblivion.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:53 am

Sky-rim is how I have heard it pronounced by every NPC in Oblivion and by the developers and by pretty much everyone.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:03 pm

< whatevs indeed >

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:10 pm

If you thing about it location, "Sky-rim" (the "rim" of the "sky" sounds like the most suitable pronunciation to me. I've heard all sorts of weird ways of saying it). Even a guy at Gamestop was saying it completely wrong, I was confused as to what game he was talking about for a while.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:43 am

like sky and the rim like a bowl or a toilet

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:10 am

Sky rim, just like it's spelled. And just like it was explained in yesterday's thread: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1165370-pronunciation/

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:40 am

Well, it took me the Todd Interview to realize you said "Kyrodiil", and not "Syrodiil". Bit too late after six years, but whatevs.

I always said "Skyrim", though. :lmao: Boy you're alone.

EDIT: Misread your post, but yeah, I don't get why people make such mistakes. By the rules of the English language, Skyrim should be "Sky-rim" and Cyrodiil should be "Syrodiil."

I can see when words like "CHIM" come into play because "CH" has a different sound whenever it wants to. The others are straight-forward though.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:02 pm

Well, it took me the Todd Interview to realize you said "Kyrodiil", and not "Syrodiil". Bit too late after six years, but whatevs.

I always said "Skyrim", though. :lmao: Boy you're alone.

I don't remember that one... Plus, all the VAs said it with a soft C. Whatever, on topic, I can't see how it could possibly be pronounced a different way. Even if I heard an NPC say it "skee rim", I would still call it "Skyrim" only because "skee rim" sounds silly and doesn't really make much sense. Similarly, I know technically it's pronounced "hwut", but I'm still going to pronounce it "what" because "hwut" wounds silly (the major difference here, though is which one is correct).

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:24 pm

I wanted it to be pronounced /skyr?m/ (/y/ is like the u in French), but I figured it would be pronounced /skair?m/.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:56 pm

I've always pronounced it "Skyrim".

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:26 pm

SKY-RIM

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:42 am

If I could handle Cyrodiil, I feel pretty confident about Skyrim

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:34 am

Similarly, I know technically it's pronounced "hwut", but I'm still going to pronounce it "what" because "hwut" wounds silly (the major difference here, though is which one is correct).

No. Just no. Thinking "what" should be pronounced /hwut/ is just one of those old grammar Nazi fairy tales, like "don't end a sentence with a preposition" or "saying '5 items or less' is incorrect English".

/rant

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:51 am

EDIT: Misread your post, but yeah, I don't get why people make such mistakes. By the rules of the English language, Skyrim should be "Sky-rim" and Cyrodiil should be "Syrodiil."

:blink: I misheard the interview, then ? Really "Syrodiil" ?

For someone who still doesn't know if "vow" is pronounced like "cow" or "low", that's not half bad. :huh:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:00 am

No. Just no. Thinking "what" should be pronounced /hwut/ is just one of those old grammar Nazi fairy tales, like "don't end a sentence with a preposition" or "saying '5 items or less' is incorrect English".

/rant

No, it really is supposed to be pronounced that way. If everyone just started pronouncing "if" as "uff" so that nobody every said "if" anymore, would it be a fairy tale to say it's supposed to be pronounced "if"?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:51 am

:blink: I misheard the interview, then ? Really "Syrodiil" ?

Sear-oh-dihl, just in case there's any confusion.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:53 am

No, it really is supposed to be pronounced that way. If everyone just started pronouncing "if" as "uff" so that nobody every said "if" anymore, would it be a fairy tale to say it's supposed to be pronounced "if"?

No, it's a fairytale conjured up by people wanting to feel superior. You'll not find a serious linguist who endorses such a ludicrous view.

And yes, if everyone started pronouncing "if" as /uff/, then it would become a fairytale to say it's supposed to be pronounced /if/. Languages change.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:34 pm

I was felt that Sky-Rim was to obvious since there are alot of words that aren't pronounced as they are spelled. I'm sure I heard a NPC pronounce it differently. Well sorry for not noticing a similar thread, I didn't really check the Skyrim forum in the last few days.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:43 pm

Yeah sorry about not noticing the other thread. I stayed away from Skyrim boards over the last few days because I was reading things that were pissing me off and making me anxious for the game.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:29 am

No, it's a fairytale conjured up by people wanting to feel superior. You'll not find a serious linguist who endorses such a ludicrous view.

And yes, if everyone started pronouncing "if" as /uff/, then it would become a fairytale to say it's supposed to be pronounced /if/. Languages change.

Right, right, because when something happens, everything before it becomes a work of fiction. But, whatever, if you want to ignore all we know of Latin digraphs in favor of your theory on elitist conspirators, be my guest.