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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3951856" data-attributes="member: 22779">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.</blockquote>