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Well, I think I've heard it always "terr-ASK" (how do you americans know how do you pronounce it?!) Or something like that. I only know it's something like "ta-RAASK" (well, that's how I hear it... figure it out)
Oh boy, these pronounces, I'll give you an off-topic question:
What language is the next line:
Dysgwyr ydym ni.
Pronounce that!
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Originally posted by DnDChick Ive always said it "terr-ASK."
Recently I heard a guy say, "TAIR-uh-skew."
Is it "terr-AS-kwe"?
Anyone quite sure on the pronunciation?
I've always pronounced it as 'Ter-ASK' as well. It just seems logical to me. But then the author might've had something completely differn't in mind. Take Melnibone, I've always pronounced it 'Mel-nib-anee.' But some guy who said he heard an interview with Micheal Moorcock on a radio show said it was pronounced 'Mel-ni-bony.'
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It would best be pronounced 'tuh-rask,' which is how most people are pronouncing it. To be truly pronounced like the French word Tarrasque appears to be, you'd want to put a slight, barely perceptible 'kuh' sound at the end, but we're speaking English.
My personal beef is with the Bulette (officially pronounced 'boo-lay'), which I prefer to pronounce as 'byu-lett'.
How do you tell someone these buggers are closing in on the party?
"Ixitcha- Isit- Big F#$*king Fish behind you!!"
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Tarrasque (by the way, if you want to do internet search for the mythological beast, use only one 'r': tarasque, the true spelling) is ta-rask. Don't accentuate any syllable. Pronounce both 'a' as in "father". And try to pronounce the 'r' (I've trouble telling the difference between a "w" and a "r" when pronounced by an American).
Bulette, with its -ette suffix, looks like a French word -- but it ain't one. -et(te), means "little one" (fille, fillette for little girl, for example) -- a bit like the -ling of English, as in darling. That would make a bulette a little "bul". Really don't know where the word comes from. (Bullette, with two "l", could have meant little bubble, or bubbling, but that don't describe accurately the creature. ) I'll say it's pronounced bulett -- not bulay, neither bulettee.
Ixitxachitl is harder than it looks, because it use that weird "aztec"spelling. But actually, the "x" are pronounced "sh"; the "a" as in "father"; the "ch" is pronounced "k"; and the "tl" is pronounced "tel" (or "tle", in English).
So, write it ishitshakitel, and it's already less of a tongue-twister. Ee-:):):):)-shah-kittle.
Anyway, I'm totally sure for the pronounciation of tarrasque (I ought too ), quite sure for that of Ixitxachitl, and less so for bulette.
Until recently, I thought the Tarrasque came from Spanish legend, and was pronouncing it 'ta-RRAS-kay' (trilling the two 'r's). :P Now that I know it's actually from France I pronounce it 'ta-RASK'.
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