[WotBS] How is "Ragesia" pronounced?

[Duo Maxwell]

I don't know if this has been posted already, but in anticipation for the 4e conversion of the War of the Burning Sky campaign, I was wondering how the name "Ragesia" was pronounced?

 

[Protagonist]

I'd probably pronounce it like the french "rage" plus the ia as in name like Tanya, Sonja etc.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

I'd go with Rah-djay-zee-a.

AR

 

[Morrus]

I personally pronounce it with a hard "g" - "Rag easier", but only Rangerwickett knows for sure!

 

[Asmor]

I'd go with Ruh-gee-zhuh (hard g)

 

[RangerWickett]

Congratulations. You just got me to spend 2 minutes saying the word over and over, pondering just which A sound I'm using.

The key thing is, it's "ra" with that soft u sorta sound (not hard A), "ge" with a hard g (not a j sound), and "sia" like . . . well, I'm pretty sure there's only one way to pronounce it. The obvious way. Plus the stress is obviously on the middle syllable.

It's rah - GEE - zhuh, not ray - JEE - zhuh. But the 'rah' goes different ways.

After 10 minutes with Wikipedia to track down the proper characters to copy/paste...

rə-GĒ-zhə (Hera, gamble, and Polynesia)

or rä-GĒ-zhə (hurrah, instead of Hera)

or rĕ-GĒ-zhə (regulate instead of Hera)

Asmor was closest, I'd say.

 

[Asmor]

Asmor was closest, I'd say.

Woot! What do I win?

 

[Duo Maxwell]

Awesome. Thanks, guys.

 

[RangerWickett]

Woot! What do I win?

A free year's vacation, touring with the Second Ragesian Army. Here's your armor, your shield, and your obligatory battle axe. Good luck!

 

[tomBitonti]

The key thing is, it's "ra" with that soft u sorta sound (not hard A), "ge" with a hard g (not a j sound), and "sia" like . . . well, I'm pretty sure there's only one way to pronounce it. The obvious way. Plus the stress is obviously on the middle syllable.

I was actually sounding "sia" like, "see-a' ... to my ear, with a hard g and a stress on the second syllable, that just sounds better. Anyways, to my ear.