Pathfinder 1E Golarion Pronunciation of Drow

[Voadam]

I was finishing up reading the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting and they have a 2 page pronunciation guide for Golarion fantasy terms like how to pronounce Belial or Sahuagin ("suh WHO a gin") or Cheliax.

Under drow it gives "DROW".

Very helpful in clearing up whether their drow officially rhyme with cow or crow.

 

[hafrogman]

Why would it be any different than the normal way of saying the word?

Everyone knows it's pronounced 'drough' to rhyme with bough, though, through, rough, and cough.

 

[Starman]

I was finishing up reading the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting and they have a 2 page pronunciation guide for Golarion fantasy terms like how to pronounce Belial or Sahuagin ("suh WHO a gin") or Cheliax.

Under drow it gives "DROW".

Very helpful in clearing up whether their drow officially rhyme with cow or crow.

I think this is filed under "Smartass, Being a."

 

[Bigkilla]

Why would it be any different than the normal way of saying the word?

Everyone knows it's pronounced 'drough' to rhyme with bough, though, through, rough, and cough.

I actually have always pronounced it Drow as in cow and plow.

 

[hafrogman]

I actually have always pronounced it Drow as in cow and plow.

Yup, cow, plow, now, bough, chow, etc. You are quite correct to do so (according to the D&D writers who first used the term). But many people learned it another way, and are now so used to their pronunciation that other ways seem wrong to their ears. There's a long history of threads arguing the issue, but in the end it's far more divisive than religion or politics ever were.

 

[Voadam]

I'm sure they will clarify in print that "drow" is pronounced like "bow" or "row" or "sow".

 

[HyrumOWC]

If it helps I've always heard it pronounced like cow around the office. I'll ask tomorrow though.

Hyrum.
Marketing Manager
Paizo Publishing

 

[gamerprinter]

Its Drow, so you know, not a brown cow, not then, not now.

GP

 

[danbuter1]

Cow it is!

 

[gamerprinter]

Oh, I know I'm probably wrong, but just convinced my players I pronounced it correctly - this will only bring discontinuity and mayhem to my game!

GP

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