How do you pronounce "Drow"?

[Psion]

Official? Well how about the D&D FAQ on the WotC website:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp

I agree with the list's interpretation. But AFAIAC:

Bulette: boo-LAY

Makes the whole list suspect.

 

[fredramsey]

It's french. Otherwise, it would be spelled Bullet.

I agree with the list's interpretation. But AFAIAC:

Bulette: boo-LAY

Makes the whole list suspect.

 

[Thorntangle]

Bulette as Boo-lay always makes someone's day when they enter the fray to play.

 

[Thanee]

Melee: MAY-lay

I usually say me-LEE, is that wrong?

Scythe: syth (rhymes with tithe)

Hmm... now that's one word I would not suspect to speak with a silent c...

Bye
Thanee

 

[Sejs]

I love how several entries on that list have multiple correct pronounciations, but oh wait! This one.. yeah, there's only one correct way to say that. Whatever.

Just say it however you feel fits best, and stop worrying what's correct.

 

[Faraer]

The French pronunciation of bulette is something like boolett -- bulet would be boolay.

I usually say me-LEE, is that wrong?

Yes. The Americans have this weird idea that foreign languages, especially French, stress the last syllable of words. The syllables of melee should get equal stress.

 

[fredramsey]

Ok, I can see that. But definitely not like something shot from a gun

Of course, you could just say, "Land Shark!"

The French pronunication of bulette is something like boolett -- bulet would be boolay.Yes. The Americans have this weird idea that foreign languages, especially French, stress the last syllable of words. The syllables of melee should get equal stress.

 

[Desdichado]

Here's a thought that comes to mind: anybody here who both predates the Forgotten Realms version of drow elves and pronounces it to rhyme with "go"?

Yep. Me, at least.

 

[Thanee]

The French pronunciation of bulette is something like boolett -- bulet would be boolay.

That's what I also thought... boolett...

Yes. The Americans have this weird idea that foreign languages, especially French, stress the last syllable of words. The syllables of melee should get equal stress.

Was more meant as compared to MAY-lay in the list, which seems to be a complete different (and rather weird, to me at least) pronounciation.

I do not really stress the last syllables so extreme as the caps might hint at.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Turjan]

The French pronunciation of bulette is something like boolett -- bulet would be boolay

Nearly. It's more like by-LETT with the y like in "mystic" and not like in "by"

There's not much to discuss about it, either, because the pronunciation of letters in French is fixed, unlike in English, where this doesn't really follow rules.