How do you pronounce "Sahuagin"?

[Menexenus]

How do you pronounce the word "Sahuagin"? I've been saying it in my head for years and years. Finally, for the first time, I had to say it out loud last week in front of my friends.

Here's how I say it: Saw - hwah - GGIN
(The emphasis is on the last syllable and the 'g' is hard, as in 'begin'.)

However, when I said this clumsy collection of syllables out loud for the first time, I realized instantly how ridiculous it sounds. So, I must be saying it wrong. How *should* I be saying it? (Or, alternatively, how do *you* say it?)

 

[Cheiromancer]

I pronounce it like you, only the last syllable (the one with the accent) rhymes with "keen".

As long as you don't pronounce it "Saw-who-a -ggin" (rhymes with "hooligan") you're doing alright.

 

[Aaron L]

sa-HOO-a-JIN.

 

[VirgilCaine]

Suh-hway-gen. [Llast syllable is short, and a "g" NOT "j" sound] That's how I say it, anyway.

Unlike drow, tarrasque, and some others, I would be open to other pronunciations.

 

[Ottergame]

"fish man"

 

[Ripzerai]

Sah-wah-gin. The H is silent, as in Spanish (which any word with "hua" is gong to resemble).

Alternatively, you could pronounce it as if it were entirely Spanish (sah-wah-HEEN), but I don't think many people do that.

 

[Mark Hope]

Seeing as no-one has said it yet... throatwarbler mangrove.

Hmmm.

I pronounce it SAA-hwah-gin. Emphasis on the lengthened first syllable. The "g" in the third syllable is hard, like in gibbon.

 

[Cedric]

saw-HA-gen (hard g, last syllable rhymes with again)

 

[orsal]

I pronounce it like you, only the last syllable (the one with the accent) rhymes with "keen".

Me too.

 

[AFGNCAAP]

I go with this: Sah-hoo-ahg-een

Then again, I prefer to use the term "sea devils" or the like for the sahuagin for Common speakers. The above pronunciation is used as the "proper" pronunciation of the word "sahuagin" in their native language (where each syllable is said).