The 'How do you pronounce that?' -thread

Post » Fri May 04, 2012 5:39 am

Kagouti: Kah-go-ty ("kah" so that you stop before the "h"-sound and "ty" as in pretty)
Daedra: Dah-ed-rah ("ed" as in bed, and the "ah"-sounds short, like explained above)

Can't figure it out! English spelling is so difficult. :blush:
I say Kagouti the same way too, except I think of the "gou" part with slight emphasis with the "u" after the "o".
I say the "dae" part of Daedra like "day" instead of "da", but it sounds fine with a "da" sound to me too.

I always called them Kah-gu-ti (gu like "jew" the "g" like in "good", ti like in t-shirt)

I'm german & I pronounce the "g" in Pelagiad, When I think of the english pronounciation I always think of "Jehaad" :biggrin:

Also Caius Cosades. It's funny how all the english-speakers pronounce it like "Chaoz Cosaydz". I always think it like "Ka-i-us (us like "Booze") Co-sa-dez (dez like "Lopez").
Blame my latin teacher from back then :tongue:
The "jew" sound isn't the same as "g" like in good. That would be like saying jood.
I say Caius like "ca-ee-us" and Cosades like "co-sayd-z". I don't know if it's right but I usually try pronouncing the names as what sounds easiest to me.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 9:00 am

The "jew" sound isn't the same as "g" like in good. That would be like saying jood.
I meant it without "g". Like saying "jew" with a prounounced "g" (like:"good", "great", whatever)-> "gew"
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 4:43 am

I always went with NICE-iss for Gnisis. I am almost 100% sure that Caius is pronounced KAI-uhs because most of the Imperials have Roman names and that's the way the Roman name (which is a variation of Gaius) is spelled. As for his last name, I always said coh-SAH-deese.

BAMZ am-SHEND
ARK-ing-thand

The Daedric ruin names...I'm not even going to try.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 12:02 pm

I find the Daedric ruin names not that hard - I've dabbled in Mesopotamian history for a few semesters, and they're mostly very typical Babylonian or Assyrian names. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adad, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nammu - if written Addad-shasha-nammu, that could pass for a Babylonian king. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_%28god%29 is also quite frequent.
Dwemer, on the other hand, often have very weird consonant clusters. I can pronounce Arkngthunch (with some weak vowels thrown in), but it's rather hard to do.

Even though I play the game in English, I tend to use a mostly German pronunciation (with some exceptions), which results in something very similar to what Nelacayne wrote (sometimes stressed elsewhere).
And Caius Cosades has to live with him mutating to "Gaius", like it should be. :biggrin:
So I pronounce the G in Gnisis (G-NEE-sees, or 'gni:sis), even though I know it's supposed to be silent.
Kagouti: ka'gu:ti (ka-GOO-tee)
Kwama like Quama.
Suran: su'ra:n (soo-RAHN)
Vivec: 'viv?k (VI-veck)
Pelagiad: p?lag?'a:d (peh-lah-GYAHD, g as in gold)
One of the exceptions is
Seyda Neen: 's?jda ,ni:n (SAY-dah neen)
and of course Ebonheart, which is a perfectly English word.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 6:02 pm

Some I'd say "in Finnish" (...)

This is weird, your Finnish pronounciations look almost exactly like my Polish ones (except "Hlaalu" which has a clearly pronounced "h" sound in my version). ;)
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 9:33 am

Most letters in the Latin alphabet are pronounced rather similarly in many languages. A major exception is English. :D (And for vowels, French.)
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 5:51 pm

Yes, well, that's the reason why listening to an Englishman speaking Latin is usually a painful experience. ;) I was surprised because Finnish is one of those insaneo languages that don't sound like anything else.

I never know how to pronounce Ashlander names - all those double letters and strange combinations of sounds. I usually end up with a "latin" pronounciation, sometimes with a strangely placed accent.
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