How do you pronounce "Sahuagin"?

[lukelightning]

It's like when you say you spotted some B-list celebrity and your friend is sort of unclear on who they are and says "you saw who again?"

 

[theredrobedwizard]

Hecatoncheires: "hecka-ton-cheerez"

-TRRW

 

[lukelightning]

Hecatoncheires: "hecka-ton-cheerez"

At least this is a real word. From Greek. "Heka-tawn-kai-race" (Hundred Hands).

 

[Agamemnon]

I agree. Is it that hard to phonetically spell the monster's name in the monster listing somewhere. I think it would make life easier for us poor overworked GM's who either stumble repeatedly over the pronunciation or come up with pronunciation that has otherwise humourous undertones!

Indeed, and to a foreigner, non-IPA pronouncation guides are nearly useless, whereas IPA is expressly designed to be universal.

 

[lukelightning]

Fie upon your standardized pronounciations! Yer over-accurate speaking of these beasties names bespeaks your closeness to them! Only an evil-lover would know the proper way to say "drow"!

 

[Terwox]

suh-hog-gwin.

Phonetically, it would look like Suh'hogwin, there's not a pause between hog and win. Funny.

 

[Fishbone]

Well, we'd been calling the BBEG a "Lick" in a campaign until somebody looked it up in the dictionary and said that it meant corpse in some language(French, I think) and should be pronounced softly. They're still Licks to me, though!

 

[Mycanid]

sa-HWAA-gin.

No idea if that's right or where Gygax got it from, but it does look vaguely Meso-American.

So, how does everyone pronounce Ixitxachitl?

I agree with Huw's pronunciation.

As for the other question, I must admit that I was NEVER able to figure it out.... :\

 

[BOZ]

sah- HWAH - ginn

 

[Boondoggle]

Svirfneblin: Smurf-nibblin