How do you pronounce Ghaele Eladrin?

[Snoweel]

Cymru

Catholic Young Men's Rugby Union

 

[Ferret]

Gail Eh-la-drin

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

This is OT, but Dogbrain, you helped on my Latin-names thread a little while back, and seem to be some sort of linguist. I was wondering if there's a good place to get some general spelling/pronunciation guidelines for the various Celtic/Gaelic languages. Thanks!

 

[Dogbrain]

This is OT, but Dogbrain, you helped on my Latin-names thread a little while back, and seem to be some sort of linguist. I was wondering if there's a good place to get some general spelling/pronunciation guidelines for the various Celtic/Gaelic languages. Thanks!

Find some local classes. That's given me the greatest aid. Barring that, get hold of an Irishman from a Gaeltacht.

 

[dream66_]

Gay-elle Ella-drin is the way I've pronounced it.

Ya know..a small offical D&D dictionary wouldn't be to bad of a thing to make.

Here's a start.

Aarakocra: a-rah-KO-krah
Arquebus: AR-keh-bus
Baatezu: bay-AH-teh-zu or BAH-teh-zu
Bardiche: bar-DEESH
Bulette: boo-LAY
Catoblepus: kuht-OH-bleh-puhs, also kah-TA-ble-pus
Chatkcha: CHAT-k-cha (thri-kreen throwing weapon)
Chimera: ky-MAEE-ruh, or ky-MAIR-ruh (rhymes with "care of")
Chitin: KITE-in
Cuirass: KWEE-rass
Drow: DRAU (as in drowsy; rhymes with now and how)
Dweomer: DWEH-mer (rhymes with "hem her"), or DWIH-mer; sometimes DWEE-mer
Falchion: FAL-chun
Geas: GEE-ass, or GYASS (both with a hard "g")
Gygax: GY-gaks
Halberd: HAL-berd, (not HAL-bread)
Herb: ERB
Ioun: EYE-oon
Iuz: YOOZ or EE-uz
Ixitxachitl: iks-it-ZATCH-i-til or ik-zit-zah-chih-tull
Lich: LITCH (as in ditch), *not* LIKE or LICK
Lycanthrope: LY-kun-throhp, LY-kan-throhp (like lichen rope/my tan rope)
Lycanthropy: ly-KAN-thruh-pee
Mage: MAGE (as in age), *not* MADGE (as in badger)
Melee: MAY-lay
Otyugh: AHT-yuhg
Sahuagin: sah-HWAH-gin
Scythe: syth (rhymes with tithe)
Svirfneblin: svirf-NEB-lin
Tanar'ri: tah-NAHR-ree
Tarrasque: tah-RASK
THAC0: either THAK-oh, or THAKE-oh
Vargouille: var-GWEEL
Vrock: vrahk
Wyvern: WIH-vern (as in did learn), or WHY-vern
Zaknafein: zack-NAY-fee-in

Very official, taken from http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dnddefinitivefaq.asp

 

[fnork de sporg]

Gayly, as if you were doing something very gay.


And Ella Drin, as if Ella's last name was Drin.

Though the person who was actually playing a Ghaele insisted it should be Gail, like the word for a strong wind.