How do you pronounce "Eladrin"?

[withak]

Inquiring minds want to know... what's the 'right' way to pronounce the name of this new race?

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Inquiring minds want to know... what's the 'right' way to pronounce the name of this new race?

EL-ah-drin

 

[Fifth Element]

ee-LAH-drin

 

[HeinorNY]

ë - LAH - dreen.
"e" as in egg
"la" as in father
"drin" as in green
That's at least how i like it, using quenya rules

 

[Klaus]

El-a-DREEN.

Rhymes with "sell a sheen".

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

eh LAD rin

 

[Goken100]

ë - LAH - dreen.
"e" as in egg
"la" as in father
"drin" as in green
That's at least how i like it, using quenya rules

While I'd always pronounced it like a normal person before, I have to say that I like this one better. I probably won't remember to use it, but GO QUENYA just the same.

 

[Wormwood]

eh LAD rin

What he said.

edit: essentially Aladdin with an extra "R"

 

[Festivus]

El-a-DREEN.

Rhymes with "sell a sheen".

I say it like Klaus says it.

 

[Hussar]

Well, if the "in" at the end of the word is pronounced as a long E, then the emphasis would have to go there as well, since you always place the accent on the long vowel. So, it would be e la DREEN.

However, since this is modern English, we don't pronounce "in" with a long e. This is English not Romaji.

So,by English standards, it would be e LAH drin, since three syllable words without a long vowel are almost always pronounced this way, with the accent on the middle syllable. ((note that syllable is an exception to this rule. I love English))

Also note, that Wulf's breakup of the syllables would be extremely hard to pronounce. eh LAD rin would mean that the d and the r would not be pronounced together.

Then again, until very recently, I pronounced Drizz't to sound like drizzle with a t on the end.