Gygax pronunciation

[Barendd Nobeard]

Ahem.

"hong" is pronounced "ahem" - who knew?

 

[Krieg]

It is pronounced just like it's spelled...

Woe-joe-hoe-its

 

[driver8]

..and the q is silent

 

[Henry]

"hong" is pronounced "ahem" - who knew?

*Bows before Barendd's superior Hong-Fu*

 

[grodog]

follow-up question: of what origin is "Gygax"?

It's Swiss.

 

[kenobi65]

It's only spelled "Luxury Yacht." It's pronounced "Throat-Warbler-Mangrove."

 

[tarchon]

It's Swiss.

I were thinkin' it were Baklunish. Arr.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Not many people know that Gygax is the simplification of the traditional "Fhqwhgads" (pronounciation guide included).

 

[Bloodstone Press]

I've asked him this question before. It is Swiss, and the "American" pronunciation is "guy gax." Though in Switzerland, they pronounce it differently.

 

[ValamirCleaver]

http://www.kittenpants.org/11_Loneliest/gygax.asp

These would lead me to believe that it is Swiss German as opposed to Swiss French, Swiss Italian or Swiss Rhaetia Romantic...
http://www.gygax-produktion.ch/
http://www.gygax.ch/
http://www.gygax.com/de/index.php
http://www.gygax-tegofil.ch/

I just found a definitive answer here...
http://www.kittenpants.org/11_Loneliest/gygax.asp

kp: What is the correct pronunciation of Gygax (is it guy-gacks or jai-gacks)?
gg: Auf (Switzer) Deutsche, it is "Ghe-gox." Many of the family use that pronounciation. My part of the family has Americanized to be pronounced "Guy-gacks."