Lolth or Lloth

[Bardsandsages]

Um, my answer would be "However the Spider Queen commands me to say it?"

Lolth (and Drow as in cow) in greyhawk, Lloth (and Drow as in go) in the Realms.

This makes perfect sense. It is obviously BOTH. Just like Athena and Minerva are the same goddess or Artemis and Diana. Same diety, different locations, different variants of the name.

Oh, and just for the record, the correct spelling of her name on the Realm of Earth is Hillary Clinton.

 

[rogueattorney]

I can't wait until R.A. Salvatore introduces such new races as hlaflings and ocrs.

 

[diaglo]

i pronounce it Drow as in bow and row. both versions.

 

[Henry]

I'm a "Lolth" man myself, because the original just sounds more "right" to my ears. "Lloth" sounds too much like "loath" to me, and I don't want that much similarity in my names to their true natures, like "Thunk" for a barbarian, or "Blastum" for a mage.

Besides, Venger pronounced it "Lolth, Demon Queen of Spiders," and that's good enough for me.

 

[RedShirtNo5]

There's an article about designing pantheons in an early Dragon maganize where Greenwood discussed his selection of dieties for FR. I have a vague recollection that he deliberately misspelled a few names.

-RedShirt

 

[diaglo]

There's an article about designing pantheons in an early Dragon maganize where Greenwood discussed his selection of dieties for FR. I have a vague recollection that he deliberately misspelled a few names.

-RedShirt

Elminster instead of ElMunchkin.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I prefer Llolth - with the L slightly aspirated as in the name Llewellan and the th pronounced as in Them.

The Auld Grump

 

[StupidSmurf]

I prefer "Scary-arse dark elven beeyatch queen from Hell"

 

[EricNoah]

I have seen and used both. I kind of like the double-L version myself.

 

[was]

I like Lloth.