Female Liches?

[Li Shenron]

As far as I know, it is pronounced like the word 'itch'. This is the way that everyone I have ever met has pronounced it.

So there is not much difference between lich and leech, just a longer vowel...?

 

[Aeolius]

I have always pronounced lich to rhyme with witch, as they go so well together.

 

[jaerdaph]

I can think of one more word that rhymes too...

 

[Ravellion]

Female Liches!? No Way! Now, female elven Monk7/Psi Warrior 1 Ghouls with an AC of 28... hehehe!

 

[WizarDru]

So there is not much difference between lich and leech, just a longer vowel...?

No, Lich uses the 'ih' sound, and leech uses the 'eh' sound.

These sound the same for example:
Lich, Witch, Ditch, Itch, Situation

as opposed to these:
Leech, Beach, Reach, Teach, Each


the 'i' in Lich is the same sound as lit, hit or mitt
the 'e' in Leech is the same sound as keen, seen or ease


Does that help?

 

[Gez]

I thought I heard it came from an old English word to say "human".

Nah, this is wight. "Wight" meant "being" before. Since Tolkien and his Galgal wight, it's an undead. The use of "wight" by Tolkien was to indicate it was a creature from the past, and not something ordinary. A construction akin to "crypt thing". Except that "thing" don't mean "undead" now.