The 'How do you pronounce that?' -thread

Post » Fri May 04, 2012 5:03 am

Hello,

I was trying to think of an interesting and hopefully somewhat original idea for a fun thread, and this is the best I've come up with so far. Basically, if you're unsure of a Morrowind pronunciation, or have an idea and want to see what other people think, then this is the place to ask. Post as many you want at once, and be very careful to spell your pronunciations in very plain phonetics. You can name any person, place, or thing that you want, but try to keep it at least loosely tied to Morrowind.

I'll start with a few of my own.

Gnisis - I think the G is silent, so I say it 'Niss-Iss'

House Hlaalu - Originally I said it Hlah-Loo, where the first syllable is like saying 'Ha' with an L sound in the middle. Now adays I think it might be more 'Lay-Loo' instead, with a silent H.

Cosades - As in Caius Cosades. I say it 'Co-sades', like in Crusades. But I've heard people pronounce it 'Co-say-dees' similar to Mercedes.

Hopefully other people will have some inputs, and questions of their own.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 11:02 am

Daedra - Day-Dra (I never would have guessed that my tongue pronounced it right when it had always been a guess since I found out due to Oblivion's voice acting.)
Khajiit: Kah-Jeet
Elswyer: Elsewhere

Yeah.. some of what I may say is not specific to Morrowind, but since that was the first TES game I played, a few non-Dunmeric terms come to mind.

Gnisis: Guh-Ny-Siss (or just Ny-Siss, really, when I think about it.) I may have pronounced it as 'Guh-Niss-Iss' at first :P
House Hlaalu: House like norm, but... Ha-loo-loo
Caius Cosades: Caius = Kay-us. Cosades = Kuh-Say-Dz
Jiub: Joo-Ibb
Kagouti: Kah-Joo-Tee
Kwama: Kuh-War-Mah (There never was an r there inbetween the first a and the m, apparently.) I had fun and called them Shawarmas.
Alit: Al-Leet
Dreugh: Droog

Can't think of anything else at the top of my mind, but it's funny how mistaken I was for these. But what do you expect? I'm a Nord. I either pronounce your name wrong or I put it to shame with my fists.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 12:22 pm

Vvardenfell (var-den-fel)
Gnisis (ni-ses)
Jiub (Always said it like Jai-ub)
Elswyer (els-wei-er)
Mephala (me-fa-la)
Chitin (chai-ten)
Aedra (ay-dra)
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 4:35 am

Nchuleftingth ... Neh-shoo-lef-tinkth

Caius Cosades ... Kay-us Kuh-saydz

Chitin ... Kite-in

Gnisis ... Knee-suss

Hasphat Antabolis ... Hass-fat An-tah-bull-iss ... Or as an inside joke, I call him Hasphat Metabolism ... lol! :tongue:

Vivec ... Viv-ik

And for the most controversial I think...

Pelagiad ... I say Pell-uh-jodd ... I used to say Pell-uh-gadd at first. Either/or for me :smile:
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 10:25 am

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Addadshashanammu
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 4:14 am

Kagouti - Kuh-Gow-Dee
Kwama - Kwah-Muh
Hlaalu - Lah-Loo
Cosades - Cuh-Say-Deez
Dreugh - Druff

I go back and forth for daedra. Sometimes Day-Druh, sometimes Dee-Druh.

@povuholo Not that hard when you take it apart. :tongue:
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 3:21 pm

This is how i pronounce a few things

Vivec - Vee - Veck
khuul - cool
Pelagiad - Pell - a - gee - ad
Suran - Sure - an
Cosades - Coe - sar - dees
Seyda neen - See - dah Neen
Dreugh - Drew
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 4:21 pm

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Addadshashanammu

ahd-dahd-shah-shay-name-moo
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 4:57 am

@ Povuholo "Add-Add-Shah-Shan-Amoo" I think.

@ Seanobi I was wondering how people would say Hasphat Antabolis but you nailed it pretty much dead on for me. I never actually tried to pronounce it until a month ago, and I realized 'Antabolis' might be 'An-Tah-Bull-is' with a similar sound to 'metabolism'

Pelagiad - This one is so hard. Its named for the Emperor(s) Pelagius (Pell-A-gee-us) but I say the town 'Pell-A-Geed' and sometimes 'Pell-a-Gee-add' (similar to how you say Greek tragedy 'The Iliad')

How about Kogoruhn, the old House Dagoth capitol? I pronounce it 'Cog-oh-ruin'
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 8:11 pm

This is how i pronounce a few things

Vivec - Vee - Veck
khuul - cool
Pelagiad - Pell - a - gee - ad
Suran - Sure - an
Cosades - Coe - sar - dees
Seyda neen - See - dah Neen
Dreugh - Drew

Similar here.

I just let the sounds roll off my tongue as I read them really. Say it how it's spelled. Hlah-loo=Hlaalu. I probably pronounce some stuff wrong, but it hardly matters I guess. There's a necrophilia ho in Oblivion who mentions Hlaalu actually. Can't remember how she pronounced it.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 10:53 am

I pronounce the "extra vowel" in Hlaalu, so it's Hla-a-loo.
Daedra as Day-dra, since it's pronounced as both Day-dra and Dee-dra by different NPCs in Oblivion.
Caius Cosades as Ky-us Ko-sod-eez, with the first name as the Roman name, and the "a" in the last name having the Eastern-European "ah" sound as in "Khan".
Dreugh as Droo or Drew, with a silent "gh", as in "through".
Khuul with the double vowel as coo-ul, not a shorter Cool or Kuhl
Suran as Sir-an
Vivec as vi-vek, with "vi" as in Vivid
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 8:49 am

I always though Pelagiad was Pa-lay-gee-ad
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 9:26 am

@povuholo Not that hard when you take it apart. :tongue:
Yeah but good luck saying it right in one go. :P
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 12:39 pm

More like good luck saying it without spending five minutes thinking about it lol.

How about Sheogorath? I never played Shivering Isles so I'm sure they said it there, but I haven't heard it. I've always said She-Oh-Gore-Ath.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 11:50 am

Sheo-go-rath
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 10:23 am

gnisis- neye sis

hlaalu- hlah loo

caius cosades- keye us co sah dus

daedra- day druh

elswyer- else weer

chitin- kite in

dreugh- droh

vivec- vi vek

pelagiad- pe la jiad cuz it flows nicely

suran- sur ahn

seyda- say dah

hasphat- hass fat

sheogorath- shayo gore ath
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 2:55 pm

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Addadshashanammu
Ad-dad-sha-sha-nam-mu

Easiest way I can think of.

I always though Pelagiad was Pa-lay-gee-ad
I say it more like Pe-le-gi-ad or Pe-le-gayd if I want to say it faster/easier. Gi is same sound as gee I think btw.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 7:05 am

I always pronounce Pelagiad the Dutch way, pay-lah gi aht, and with the Dutch 'g' pronunciation. So that's definitely wrong. :tongue:
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 2:41 pm

I always pronounce Pelagiad the Dutch way, pay-lah gi aht, and with the Dutch 'g' pronunciation. So that's definitely wrong. :tongue:

:lmao: the Dutch 'g' :rofl: lachuh :P
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 6:02 pm

Dreugh- Dreg

cosades- coh say dees

chitin- kite in ( i hate when people think its ' ch ittin ' or ' chee ton'. Chitin is a bugs hard armor like shell, properly pronounced kite in )

hlaalu- hlah loo

jiub- jee ub ( i believe they pronounce it that way in oblivion as well, when talking about st. jiub)

Cuirass- cure ass ( i know its kwee rass but that sounds ridiculous to me, i've called it cure ass since i first played morrowind)

hircine - hear scene ( i believe this is also how every npc pronounces it)



I've always pronounced things just how they look, and im 90% of the time correct. If I'm not, I google it. Except for cuirass, I'll never say kwee rass.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 5:10 pm

*chuckle* Poor English speaking people, forced to wildguess how all those foreign words have to be pronounced, and then trying to pick some spelling that would adequately match their pronunciation.

I just assume they sound exactly the way they are spelled - GnEEsis, KoSAHdes, PeLahGeeADD - damn, that phonetic spelling only muddles things up. The rule of thumb is "There's no English in Tamriel", and it never gives me hardship.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 5:34 pm

From what I can tell, Dunmer tend to use an ah type of sounding a in most names that have an a in them that isn't followed by anything that'd make the ah sound not exist like the word bail since the i means it can't have an ah sound in the a. Balmora is basically said as Bal-more-ah. Suran is probably said as Sir-Ahn.

Funny how dreugh is said as if your calling someone the insult dreg. Maybe they are very unemployed octihuman things.

My normal way of talking means I will pronounce words like Pretzel as princzel. I also have given up even trying to pronounce Hlaalu correctly, and just say Hawaiian words when saying Hlaalu instead. So I prefer to call House Hlaalu House Luau. The great house Luau should be a joke branch of House Hlaalu.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 6:36 am

So I prefer to call House Hlaalu House Luau.

Lol! That made me imagine a bunch of Hlaalu guards standing around in their bonemold armor wearing grass skirts. I definitely agree with your pronunciations though.

It seems a lot of differences in people's pronunciations come from whether or not they tend to stress the vowels and make them long or short, Viv-Eck or Vee-Veck in the case of everyone's favorite Poet.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 7:48 am

Hmm

Daedra: Day-dra
Gnisis: Nee-sis
Cosades: Co-sar-dees
Jiub: Jub
Vivec: Viv-ek
Pelagiad: Pel-A-gi-ad
Sheogorath: Shay-o-gor-ath
Seyda Neen: Say-da Neen
Dreugh: Droog
Suran: Su-ran ("Su" pronounced like in sudden)
Khuul: Cull
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 7:34 am

droog, lol!

and i have to say cool for khuul with a little german 'h' sound.

an hlaalu luau, nice
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