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That's nearly correct. Just that the "boo" sound is more like the German "ü" .Warrior Poet said:You could always just say land shark. But, yes, if following the conventions of French, "boo-LETT."
That's nearly correct. Just that the "boo" sound is more like the German "ü" .Warrior Poet said:You could always just say land shark. But, yes, if following the conventions of French, "boo-LETT."
Phaedrus said:How do you pronounce Dragonne?
I have heard "Drizzit" . Personally, I just pronounce it as written.mcrow said:Drizzt
I have never been sure of this one. I though my whole life that it pronounced just like it looks but with a silent T. Then I run into this group that pronounces it Drits (DRI - as in dribble and ts as in it's). Since I have no idea where they got that from I just stuck with way I always said it. So what is the concensus on this one?
That sounds good, too. Though, why did you use 'Queztalcoatl' as an example when it has no 'ch' sound? Is the 'ch' in 'Tenochitlan' a 'k' sound or a more traditional 'ch', as in 'charred'?Warrior Poet said:You could also adopt the old Mayan "x" pronunciation, which is like a soft "sh" (for instance, the old Mayan ruin of Uaxactun is pronounced {roughly} "Wah-shawk-toon"), and the "ch" is a harder "k" (Queztalcoatl is roughly "Ketz-all-ko-aw-tle") which would then make it something along the lines of "Ish-it-shaw-kee-tle"
A horde of terrible Tanar'ri?Vraille Darkfang said:a whore of tilipia tan rice
Sweet! I was almost right! I love being almost right!davidschwartznz said:'Ixitxachitl' is Nahuatl (Aztec). So: ee-sheet-shah-kee-tluh.
Because, much like Donny at the bowling alley in The Big Lebowski, I'm out of my element.Teemu said:That sounds good, too. Though, why did you use 'Queztalcoatl' as an example when it has no 'ch' sound? Is the 'ch' in 'Tenochitlan' a 'k' sound or a more traditional 'ch', as in 'charred'?
Omand said:Hello,
The offending pronunciation guide in question can be found:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dnddefinitivefaq.asp
Cheers
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Here are some commonly mispronounced words and their dictionary pronunciations where they are available and common-practice pronunciations or TSR rulings where they not. For more general pronunciation help, see the article "Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd" by Frank Mentzer in Dragon #93 (Jan. 1985). For help pronouncing words and names specific to the Forgotten Realms setting, see the Forgotten Realms box and the trilogy of Forgotten Realms deity books. For help pronouncing the names of the various tanar'ri and baatezu types, see MC8 Outer Planes Appendix.
Aarakocra: a-rah-KO-krah
Arquebus: AR-keh-bus
Baatezu: bay-AH-teh-zu or BAH-teh-zu
Bardiche: bar-DEESH
Bulette: boo-LAY
Catoblepus: kuht-OH-bleh-puhs, also kah-TA-ble-pus
Chatkcha: CHAT-k-cha (thri-kreen throwing weapon)
Chimera: ky-MAEE-ruh, or ky-MAIR-ruh (rhymes with "care of")
Chitin: KITE-in
Cuirass: KWEE-rass
Drow: DRAU (as in drowsy; rhymes with now and how)
Dweomer: DWEH-mer (rhymes with "hem her"), or DWIH-mer; sometimes DWEE-mer
Falchion: FAL-chun
Geas: GEE-ass, or GYASS (both with a hard "g")
Gygax: GY-gaks
Halberd: HAL-berd, (not HAL-bread)
Herb: ERB
Ioun: EYE-oon
Iuz: YOOZ or EE-uz
Ixitxachitl: iks-it-ZATCH-i-til or ik-zit-zah-chih-tull
Lich: LITCH (as in ditch), *not* LIKE or LICK
Lycanthrope: LY-kun-throhp, LY-kan-throhp (like lichen rope/my tan rope)
Lycanthropy: ly-KAN-thruh-pee
Mage: MAGE (as in age), *not* MADGE (as in badger)
Melee: MAY-lay
Otyugh: AHT-yuhg
Sahuagin: sah-HWAH-gin
Scythe: syth (rhymes with tithe)
Svirfneblin: svirf-NEB-lin
Tanar'ri: tah-NAHR-ree
Tarrasque: tah-RASK
THAC0: either THAK-oh, or THAKE-oh
Vargouille: var-GWEEL
Vrock: vrahk
Wyvern: WIH-vern (as in did learn), or WHY-vern
Zaknafein: zack-NAY-fee-in