Let's pronounce "Genasi"

[That One Guy]

For the genie reason the mouse of darkness stated, I came to a similar pronunciation.

 

[blargney the second]

I've been pronouncing it GUH-nah-zee, but I could be sold on JEN-ah-zee.

 

[Ginnel]

Genasi

I pronounce Gen-sai

as in the bleach Bankai well the ai being pronounced like eye

This is mainly because of a dyslexic friend who ran planescape and said it that way and the fact that the human brain generally only looks at the first and last letter of a word, I'd never really examined the word properly before.

But looking at again it could still be pronounced Gen-a-si with the a being near silent.

 

[cougent]

My first impulse (Native Texan speak) is to say "guh-Nah-see".

blargney's previous Canadian pronunciation being eerily similar, I could default to that as well.

However, I too defer to the mouse and agree that seems a more appropriate pronunciation as well.

 

[Huw]

"jen-AA-see"

Obviously derived from jinni/genie, so a soft "g" in either case. But it's a made up word, so say whatever you're most comfortable with.

 

[Shemeska]

Someone ask Monte Cook how they're pronounced, since he created them in the Planewalkers Handbook. That'll be the answer there if we go with original intent.

Unfortunately I don't think genasi are mentioned in the audio portions of the Players Primer to the Outlands, which has always served as a handy planar pronunciation guide on a lot of terms.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Jen-a-see..

"Genasi" being derived from "Genie" since their heritage is commonly associated with Genies.

 

[theredrobedwizard]

Coming from a co-worker who's originally from Turkey: jena-SIGH (sounds like Genocide without the -de).

-TRRW

 

[Klaus]

Jen-NAH-see here.

 

[Henry]

Jen-NAH-see here.

Me, too, though the "Jena-sigh" is a neat idea, too. I have always went "soft g" because of the word "Genie".