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<blockquote data-quote="Marius Delphus" data-source="post: 5048635" data-attributes="member: 447">Well, the usual explanation has to do with the fact that English is in one respect a gleeful mish-mash of many other languages -- it does make spelling &quot;by ear&quot; (and, conversely, pronouncing &quot;by eye&quot;) a not-inconsequential task. I certainly get tripped up on occasion... and (not to brag) I'm considered quite good at spelling.On topic, while I have been enjoying this material for a while, practically none of the pronunciations posted so far &quot;sound&quot; right to me. I'll do my best to notate a few of my own; hopefully they will work for other than native English/American English speakers. Also I'm sure they will &quot;sound&quot; completely wrong not only to Ryan but to other folks who have also been enjoying this material for a while. (The upside down &quot;e&quot; is the &quot;schwa,&quot; the sound which is sort of an &quot;uh&quot; and can only appear in an unstressed syllable in English.) That said, here's a semi-random sampling of things I've been hearing in my head while reading (just for fun I chose 10 places and 10 NPCs):Ragesia: rə-JEE-zee-əSeaquen: SEE-kwenShahalesti: shə-HAL-ess-teeInnenotdar: inn-EN-ət-dahrYcengled: EE-ken-gledLyceum: lie-SEE-əm (as &quot;we see 'em&quot;)Dassen: DAS-sənOstalin: OAST-əl-ən or oast-AHL-ən (can't decide)Sindaire: sin-DAREKorstull: kor-STOOL (not sure why)Longinus: lon-JIE-nəss (as &quot;angina&quot;)Pilus: PIE-ləss (as &quot;try this&quot;)Shaaladel: SHAWL-ə-dellShalosha: shə-LOW-shəGabal: gə-BALLKhagan Onamdammin: KAH-gahn oh-nahm-DAHM-ənKathor Danava: KAY-thor DANN-ə-vəLee Sidoneth: LEE sie-DOH-nəthSimeon Gohanach: SIM-ee-ən go-HANN-əkSolei Palancis: SOLE-eye pə-LANN-sisOf course none of these are in any respect official. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marius Delphus, post: 5048635, member: 447"] Well, the usual explanation has to do with the fact that English is in one respect a gleeful mish-mash of many other languages -- it does make spelling "by ear" (and, conversely, pronouncing "by eye") a not-inconsequential task. I certainly get tripped up on occasion... and (not to brag) I'm considered quite good at spelling. On topic, while I have been enjoying this material for a while, practically none of the pronunciations posted so far "sound" right to me. I'll do my best to notate a few of my own; hopefully they will work for other than native English/American English speakers. Also I'm sure they will "sound" completely wrong not only to Ryan but to other folks who have also been enjoying this material for a while. (The upside down "e" is the "schwa," the sound which is sort of an "uh" and can only appear in an unstressed syllable in English.) That said, here's a semi-random sampling of things I've been hearing in my head while reading (just for fun I chose 10 places and 10 NPCs): Ragesia: rə-JEE-zee-ə Seaquen: SEE-kwen Shahalesti: shə-HAL-ess-tee Innenotdar: inn-EN-ət-dahr Ycengled: EE-ken-gled Lyceum: lie-SEE-əm (as "we see 'em") Dassen: DAS-sən Ostalin: OAST-əl-ən or oast-AHL-ən (can't decide) Sindaire: sin-DARE Korstull: kor-STOOL (not sure why) Longinus: lon-JIE-nəss (as "angina") Pilus: PIE-ləss (as "try this") Shaaladel: SHAWL-ə-dell Shalosha: shə-LOW-shə Gabal: gə-BALL Khagan Onamdammin: KAH-gahn oh-nahm-DAHM-ən Kathor Danava: KAY-thor DANN-ə-və Lee Sidoneth: LEE sie-DOH-nəth Simeon Gohanach: SIM-ee-ən go-HANN-ək Solei Palancis: SOLE-eye pə-LANN-sis Of course none of these are in any respect official. :) [/QUOTE]

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