How do you pronounce "bulette"

[BlackSeed_Vash]

Bul-et-TEA

 

[Thomas Bowman]

Let's hear it.

Like this, bullet!

 

[Devonin]

I seemed to recall the old 3-ring binder Monstrous Compendium asserting it was "boo-LAY" like Robert Goulet

 

[Lanefan]

I seemed to recall the old 3-ring binder Monstrous Compendium asserting it was "boo-LAY" like Robert Goulet

But then he'd spell it Robert Gulette, wouldn't he?

 

[Devonin]

Rhymes are fun like that. But the 2e book definitely said "Boo-LAY" and I'll go with that to the bitter end!

 

[Eis]

my players sometimes add an "sh" to it and pronounce the e in ette as a short i

 

[jasper]

landshark in a killer bee voice.

 

[Thomas Bowman]

So bulletes are French are they?

 

[Lanefan]

So bulletes are French are they?

When spelled properly - bulette - it certainly looks French; but that's a good question: what is the origin of the word? Or is it something someone - probably Gygax - made up?

 

[Thomas Bowman]

When spelled properly - bulette - it certainly looks French; but that's a good question: what is the origin of the word? Or is it something someone - probably Gygax - made up?

That's one of the reasons they are hard to spell, French words have a lot of extraneous letters that don't help in the pronunciation of the word. I am notorious for misspelling French words that have been adopted by the English language but have kept their troublesome French spelling.