D&D (2024) All about Ardlings

[Yaarel]

So I googled Aesir and the top two pronunciations disagreed! What is correct?

English often pronounces aesir as "ay sir" or "acer".

Heh, but that is hard on my ears!

It should be more like "as ear".

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

So I googled Aesir and the top two pronunciations disagreed! What is correct?

Pick whatever your heart tells you.

 

[Cadence]

English often pronounces aesir as "ay sir" or "acer".

Heh, but that is hard on my ears!

How do you guess the Norse of a millennia ago have pronounced it?

 

[glass]

Here is a recording of "awesome"

awesome

Definition, Synonyms, Translations of awesome by The Free Dictionary

www.thefreedictionary.com

Here is a recording of "awesome-ar"

Aasimar Pronunciation

How to say Aasimar in English? Pronunciation of Aasimar with 2 audio pronunciations, 1 translation and more for Aasimar.

www.howtopronounce.com

Interestingly, my initial reaction was "those are completely different", but having listened a couple of times I can sorta hear a similarity. They are still definitely not the same vowel sound, though.

For the record, I pronounce "awesome" pretty-much as per the first link. The second link is the pronunciation of "aasimar" that I specifically reject, even if it was what the designers intended (too much like arse-i-mar). I have always pronounced it AY-si-mar, which I always assumed was what they intended - but if not, it is better than intended!

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

How do you guess the Norse of a millennia ago have pronounced it?

'ass-ear'

Seriously.

 

[Cadence]

'ass-ear'

Seriously.

So, now I'm picturing a donkey Ardling. Ack!

 

[Yaarel]

How do you guess the Norse of a millennia ago have pronounced it?

Dont forget there are different dialects of Old Norse.

Earlier on the initial æ was nasalized, like in French.

The r is similar to an American r, but closer to the top of the mouth, a bit more like rzh.

[ɛ̃:.siɹ̝]

 

[Yaarel]

'ass-ear'

Seriously.

Yup.

But to be kinder, the Old Norse is a bit closer to:

"ess-ear".

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

So, now I'm picturing a donkey Ardling. Ack!

Firbolgs now have floppy cow ears because of Critical Role. This is mythology at work.

 

[Yaarel]

@glass

They are the same vowel, but in "awesome" it lengthens.

More narrowly, according to the speakers in the recordings:

awesome [ˈɔː.sə̆m] − almost saying "awsm"

aasimar [ˈɔ.sɪm.ˌaɹ] − aw sim ar