The Daedra...

Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:32 pm

I have heard "Daedra" said many ways, including dee-dra and day-dra. So, what is the correct pronunciation of the word?
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Claire Mclaughlin
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:32 pm

Potayto Potahto.

(Almost everyone says the former)
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Maeva
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:00 pm

I say "day-druh" for whatever it's worth.
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Cameron Garrod
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:30 pm

I find the word pretty hard to pronounce, but listening to how NPCs say it it seems that the former is more used by elves.
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:56 pm

I have heard "Daedra" said many ways, including dee-dra and day-dra. So, what is the correct pronunciation of the word?

I say day-dra. their both acceptable pronunciations.
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James Wilson
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:12 pm

im weird and say it "da-e-dra"
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Nicola
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:12 pm

I used to pronounce it like that, but it felt phonetically annoying.
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emily grieve
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:48 am

Phonetically, it could be de-dra, because the "ae" is pronounced as "e"
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:17 pm

I pronounce it "day-drah". The "drah" rhymes with "law", not with "huh", so it's different than "day-druh". Daedroth is "day-droth", with the "droth" rhyming with "broth".

It sounds Irish to me, so I pronounce it like the Irish name "Deirdre", which sounds like it with softer sounds on the "a"s.
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:29 pm

I pronounce it "day-drah". Daedroth is "day-droth", with the "droth" rhyming with "broth".

It sounds Irish to me, so I pronounce it like the Irish name "Deirdre", which sounds like it with softer sounds on the "a"s.


I prefer "daydra", but I think I read once that one of the devs prefers "deedra". I still think daydra sounds better.
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:20 pm

Phonetically, it could be de-dra, because the "ae" is pronounced as "e"

Except, in Latin, "ae" is pronounced "i" like in "ice." And in German, a vowel followed by an "e" usually signifies a sort of 'r' sound - it is the long-hand version of what an umlaut is used for. In other words, instead of an umlaut over the "u" in "uber" (just pretend there's an umlaut there, 'cause I can't figure out how to do it), I'd type "ueber." There's a slight "r" noise after the vowel, it is kind of difficult to explain with mere words.

So, imagine, back in Morrowind days, I thought it was pronounced "die-druh"! :P

I prefer "day-druh" to "dee-druh." The 'ee' reminds me of "nee-ner nee-ner" which is silly and not intimidating. :P
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Joie Perez
 
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:22 pm

In Latin, the letters "ae" are always pronounced like "aye", so I'll go with Day-dra.
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:11 am

Ever since Oblivion was released Day-dra has become interchangeable with my former Die-dra in my speech.

But as said before, Tomayto Tomahto. Languages around the western world have differing views on the AE dipthong and so it all boils down to how and where you were raised.
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:19 pm

But as said before, Tomayto Tomahto. Languages around the western world have differing views on the AE dipthong and so it all boils down to how and where you were raised.

So how does a prince raised in the waters of Oblivion pronounce it?
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Post » Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:01 am

'Craz-krupley-cringle.' The 'D' is silent.
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