Dee or Die!! Do you say dee-6 or die-6?

[AGGEMAM]

d6 is dhe sex mainly because that is how D and 6 is pronuonced in danish.

 

[Galethorn]

D6 = Dee-six

Drow ~ Cow (only because that's how my group members do, and they said it like that in BGII...I think it sounds stupid none the less)

Bullette = bool-ett (mainly because 'ette' is 'ett' in every language I know of, except maybe greek, but I don't think it's very common...)

Chitin = keye-tun

Anything not obviously english with a CH = K (chasm = kazm, archon = ar-kon, etc.)

Anything that looks greek with an E on the end = ...-ay (i.e. Cyre = seer-ay)

An unfamiliar word that obviously isn't greek or latin in origin = like old english for all the vowels and consonants (a = ahh, e = eh/ey, i = ee, o = oh, u = ooh, y = ih/eye; ale = ah-leh, rice = ri-keh, etc.)

 

[Psimancer]

Anything that looks greek with an E on the end = ...-ay (i.e. Cyre = seer-ay)

Actually, quite like that...

 

[AGGEMAM]

Bullette = bool-ett (mainly because 'ette' is 'ett' in every language I know of, except maybe greek, but I don't think it's very common...)

Well there you err. In all the nordic languages; swedish, norwegian, and danish; "ette" is pronounced "eh-te". This is the same with almost all double consonants although there are exceptions. So to pronounce "bullette" in danish it would equal "booh-leh-te".

 

[Galethorn]

Well there you err. In all the nordic languages; swedish, norwegian, and danish; "ette" is pronounced "eh-te". This is the same with almost all double consonants although there are exceptions. So to pronounce "bullette" in danish it would equal "booh-leh-te".

What's to say I know of nordic languages? Eh? Eh?

Ok, I admit it; I overlooked the nordic and germanic languages; ette just didn't seem very common in any of them, but my knowledge in anything other than english, old english, and modern german is sketchy at best, and insulting (to the speakers...) at worst, and I only know enough old english to name things in my campaign settings (Feorland, Heahburg, Steorfell, etc.), and enough german to flavor my english (mom: <inaudible talking from another room>; me: was?, mom: you're sandwich is ready!; me: danke!), and make non-sensical statements (ich bin ein strudel-baum!).

Back to the point; as far as made-up words are concerned, I'm a strong proponent of 'good' pronunciation, not to be confused with 'correct'; if the creator of the word overlooked a way of saying a word that I much prefer, I'm going to use the way that I prefer...unless my friends ridicule me, in which case I'd say it the way the creator intended.

Speaking of which, how would the various people here on the boards pronounce my screename? I'd be interested to know...I'll reveal the 'correct' way later...or sooner, if nobody ventures a guess.

 

[reanjr]

Speaking of which, how would the various people here on the boards pronounce my screename? I'd be interested to know...I'll reveal the 'correct' way later...or sooner, if nobody ventures a guess.

GALE-eh-thorn. Though I could see many other possibilities, primarily GALE-thorn.

 

[Herremann the Wise]

Speaking of which, how would the various people here on the boards pronounce my screename? I'd be interested to know...I'll reveal the 'correct' way later...or sooner, if nobody ventures a guess.

Ga-le-thorn
or if Isa bout ta put me broadest ostrayl-yun accent on: Ga-la-thorn.

Not that much of a difference really. Oh well...

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[was]

Dee....

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I say it both ways, but tend to sie 'die' more often.

 

[remial]

I say Alea (latin for die)