Most mispronounced monster names

[reveal]

On the Drizzt Pronunciation:

R.A. Salvatore insists it's DRIZZ-T, with the "ZZ" and the "TUH" sound next to one another.

HOWEVER:

In one of the Homeland novels, Drizzt first meets a human child who is scared of him; he pronounces his name to the child (unable to speak common himself), and the child runs, screaming,

"HELP! IT'S A DRIZZIT!"

So maybe he changed his mind?

In either the first or second book, it's been a while since I read them, during Drizzt's first foray aboveground, he met a child and an incident occurred as described above. As far as I can recall, Drizzt didn't like that because that wasn't his name.

That's why I pronouce it DRIZZ-T.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

"HELP! IT'S A DRIZZIT!"

So maybe he changed his mind?

Either that, or he was referencing those people who *still* can't pronounce it correctly!

 

[mcrow]

So it's Drizz-tuh or Drizz-ta?

 

[reveal]

So it's Drizz-tuh or Drizz-ta?

I pronounce it with a hard T, but I'm not sure if that's tuh or ta.

 

[VirgilCaine]

Dweomer: DWEH-mer (rhymes with "hem her"), or DWIH-mer; sometimes DWEE-mer

A new one for me. The pronunciation, not the word.

 

[Thanee]

Definitely drow. I still mispronounce it (on purpose, though), as does pretty much everyone else.

Bye
Thanee

 

[IcyCool]

For those like me too lazy to scroll down:

To add to the list and fully answer eris404's questions:

Dragonne = Drah-GONE (hold the N for a bit)
Cthulu = Ka-THOO-Loo (This is how I've always heard it pronounced)
Paladin = PAL-uh-din
Braziers = Bray-zurs (rhymes with hay-furs) = Things you burn coals in.
brassiere = Brah-zeer = Women's undergarments.
acolytes = ack-oh-lights
Psion = sigh-on
Galeb Duhr = Gay-leb Der

 

[sniffles]

Well it's nice to see that there's a pronunciation guide somewhere, but why can't they put those in the monster manuals? Oriental Adventures had some pronunciation guidelines for some of the Asian monsters. It would be great to do that for everything.

OTOH, a lot of the time I don't think anyone needs to be able to say the monster's name. If the adventurers have never seen one before, they won't know its name.

This isn't a pronunciation issue, but yesterday I had to explain to my GM what a minaret is. He thought that was what you call the "onion" domes.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I go with K-thoo-loo, myself, and 9 out of 10 people have never corrected me.

Gesundheit.

 

[ssampier]

daemon.

I assume it should be pronounced "demon", but I pronounce it as dee-A-mon.

Gesundheit.

Na zdrowie*

*I'm assuming that's how it's spelled. I met a Polish exchange student that used that expression a lot