D&D 5E How to pronounce Artificer

[Mind of tempest]

In Australian English it's ARTI-FICER.

With the Aussie english vowel shift, it sounds like: Art-ah-fice (rhymes with nice)-err.

In upper class 'Recieved' Aussie English, it'sronounced closer to Art-if-isser

my pronunciation seems to be a mix of the two if you drop the T ever so often.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

That's sounds a bit London: "ar'i-fiser".

 

[DEFCON 1]

But the word isn't "artificist". It's "artificer". The -or and -er suffix don't do what -ist does.

You do you. As I said, that was how I pronounced it and the reasons why. Personally I think ARR-ti-FISS-er sounds worse as well, which is why I don't use it.

 

[DND_Reborn]

We need another option:

GAR-bage

(j/k)

 

[doctorbadwolf]

You do you. As I said, that was how I pronounced it and the reasons why. Personally I think ARR-ti-FISS-er sounds worse as well, which is why I don't use it.

Ar-TIFF-is-er sounds like someone intentionally saying a word wrong to be funny, to me.

ARR-ti-FISS-er, with the third syllable just a tiny bit less stressed, flows naturally, and sounds like words are supposed to sound, IMO.

 

[Charlaquin]

Ar-TIFF-is-er sounds like someone intentionally saying a word wrong to be funny, to me.

ARR-ti-FISS-er, with the third syllable just a tiny bit less stressed, flows naturally, and sounds like words are supposed to sound, IMO.

It’s also consistent with artificial that way.

 

[el-remmen]

Back in grad school I was reading my wife (well, she was not my wife then) something I was working on for class. She interrupted me.

Her (laughing): Did you just say cynic-doke?
Me: Yeah, it means. ..
Her: I think you mean sin-eck-duh-key (Synecdoche)
Me: Well, I have never heard that word said aloud, I have only read it.
Her: (continues to laugh)
Me: (looking it up): It does not help that while the noun form is pronounced "sin-eck-duh-key," the adjective form is actually pronounced "cynic-dock-eh-cal!"

Looking for consistency in English (esp. with all its borrow words from other languages and regional dialects) leads to madness and/or gatekeeping (the latter of which is a bad look).

 

[doctorbadwolf]

It’s also consistent with artificial that way.

Yep. I have, rarely, heard artificial pronounced with the stress on the 3rd syllable. Every time, the “c” has been pronounced with an “s” sound, as well, though, whereas every American I’ve ver heard say the word says ARR-ti-Fish-ul.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Looking for consistency in English (esp. with all its borrow words from other languages and regional dialects) leads to madness and/or gatekeeping (the latter of which is a bad look).

It is also a fundamentally confused effort right from the get-go. At the moment, I cannot think of one rule for English grammar or pronunciation that does not get smashed up with a bunch of seemingly arbitrary exceptions.

You take German, Latin, and Gaelic and throw them all into a blender together. Hit "frappé," and there's English for you. You then can spice this linguistic smoothie with Greek, French, and Spanish as desired. Apply acronyms and portmanteaus to taste.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

It’s also consistent with artificial that way.

Well, dang...

Now I'm tempted to change my pronunciation to art-uh-FISH-er for symmetry purposes due to artificial being the most common related word in regular day to day speech.