How do you pronounce Terrasque?
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Khisanth the Ancient
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- ix -ix - a chittle
- that mon - ster I can nev - er pro -nounce
- ix -its - a chittle
- ixisa- chicle
- ix - its - a - CHEE - chl
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And, I believe it's spelled Ixitxachitl.
Robbert Raets
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Andrew D. Gable
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ixIT-za-CHIT-ul
That's how I've always said it. And I say drow like cow.
terr-ASK. I think that's the "official" French way (tarrasque was a mythical dragon).
That's how I've always said it. And I say drow like cow.
terr-ASK. I think that's the "official" French way (tarrasque was a mythical dragon).
Gez
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Tarrasque (by the way, if you want to do internet search for the mythological beast, use only one 'r': tarasque, the true spelling) is ta-rask. Don't accentuate any syllable. Pronounce both 'a' as in "father". And try to pronounce the 'r' (I've trouble telling the difference between a "w" and a "r" when pronounced by an American).
Bulette, with its -ette suffix, looks like a French word -- but it ain't one. -et(te), means "little one" (fille, fillette for little girl, for example) -- a bit like the -ling of English, as in darling. That would make a bulette a little "bul". Really don't know where the word comes from. (Bullette, with two "l", could have meant little bubble, or bubbling, but that don't describe accurately the creature.) I'll say it's pronounced bulett -- not bulay, neither bulettee.
Ixitxachitl is harder than it looks, because it use that weird "aztec"spelling. But actually, the "x" are pronounced "sh"; the "a" as in "father"; the "ch" is pronounced "k"; and the "tl" is pronounced "tel" (or "tle", in English).
So, write it ishitshakitel, and it's already less of a tongue-twister. Ee-shit-shah-kittle.
Anyway, I'm totally sure for the pronounciation of tarrasque (I ought too), quite sure for that of Ixitxachitl, and less so for bulette.
Bulette, with its -ette suffix, looks like a French word -- but it ain't one. -et(te), means "little one" (fille, fillette for little girl, for example) -- a bit like the -ling of English, as in darling. That would make a bulette a little "bul". Really don't know where the word comes from. (Bullette, with two "l", could have meant little bubble, or bubbling, but that don't describe accurately the creature.
) I'll say it's pronounced bulett -- not bulay, neither bulettee.Ixitxachitl is harder than it looks, because it use that weird "aztec"spelling. But actually, the "x" are pronounced "sh"; the "a" as in "father"; the "ch" is pronounced "k"; and the "tl" is pronounced "tel" (or "tle", in English).
So, write it ishitshakitel, and it's already less of a tongue-twister. Ee-shit-shah-kittle.
Anyway, I'm totally sure for the pronounciation of tarrasque (I ought too
), quite sure for that of Ixitxachitl, and less so for bulette.
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