How do you pronounce 'melee?'

[Starbuck_II]

I say Me-Lee.

 

[Dausuul]

I pronounce it... sort of halfway between meh-lay and may-lay. Definitely not mee-lay or mee-lee, though.

 

[Klaus]

Huh...

I always thought it was "muh-LEE".

 

[Aeolius]

Throat Warbler Mangrove

 

[Contrarian]

I pronounce it correctly.

 

[Klaus]

I pronounce it correctly.

So the longsword is a military correctly weapon?

 

[Nifft]

Me personally:

"The sword is a MEE•LEE weapon."
"The thief disappears in the chaotic MAY•LAY!"

But now I'm gonna be all self-conscious about it, and say MAY•LAY until I forget.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Celebrim]

"Run, run like the wīnd." - Marge Simpson

I confess there are probably no end of RPG related terms that I mispronounce.

 

[pedr]

Me personally:

"The sword is a MEE•LEE weapon."
"The thief disappears in the chaotic MAY•LAY!"

But now I'm gonna be all self-conscious about it, and say MAY•LAY until I forget.

Cheers, -- N

I've not seen anything more than assertions that may-lay is the 'correct' pronunciation. Does anyone have 'evidence'?

Personally, I pronounce it 'MEH-lay'. For some reason I think of this as the most French way to pronounce it, it being a word with a French origin (as with coup de grace, pronounced coo de grass [with a short vowel in grass])

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

I pronounce it May-lay.

It'd just sound awkward to hear it pronounced Mee-lee, IMO.