Pronounciation: Ghaele and Couatl

[shilsen]

How does ahtl rhyme with part? There's no "r" in "ahtl"?

Soft, almost silent, "r". Should have specified.

Or is that how y'all say it up there in Philly ?

Nah! I'm an Indian teaching English to Americans. There ain't no y'all here

 

[Gez]

I pronounce them:
Ghaele: Ga ay lay, with the 'a' being pronounced as in "father".
Couatl: Coo atl, with, again, the 'a' being as in "father"
Ioun: youn. As in "you" with a 'n' at the end.

 

[Sammael]

Unlike American English, British English has the silent "r." After studying British English for 12 years and living in the U.S. for 3 years, I tend to prefer the more pronounced "r," because it is the more phonetic pronunciation. Phonetic = good.

 

[Sammael]

Oh yeah:

Ghaele = Ga-eh-el
Couatl = Coo-ahtl
Ioun = Ay-oon

 

[Klaus]

Ghaele -> Gah-eh-LEE (rhymes with car/pet/see)

Couatl -> Coe-AH-tl (rhymes with Moe/tar/...tl)

Ioun -> EE-oh-un (rhymes with Fee-Foe-Fum)

 

[BOZ]

i say

COO - ott - uhl

GAY - ell

 

[snarfoogle]

Ioun rhymes with moon? I thought it was pronounced somewhat like Ion! WoTC should start putting pronunciation guides after words like that.

 

[Wolf72]

Ioun rhymes with moon? I thought it was pronounced somewhat like Ion! WoTC should start putting pronunciation guides after words like that.

not moon, but MY MOON

or I-OON

(not that I agree, just what the original poster was saying (I think))

 

[Sado]

Nah! I'm an Indian teaching English to Americans. There ain't no y'all here

Ah. Saw you're from Philidelphia and just figured you for one of them yankees. Y'all is what we say down here. I know they say "yous" in NY, don't know if it's the same in Philly.

And an Indian teaching English to Americans? Well, I have to admit there's plenty who need a refresher course .

 

[Tatsukun]

No idea how to say "Couatl". If I had to guess, I'd go with

KO (like "go") AT (like "at") +L (the sound, not the letter name) Stress on the second syllable. It has the same stresses as "Seattle", just change the first syllable from "se" to "ko"

and Ghaele. . .

GHA (like "guy") + L (the name of the letter, like "el" ) with pretty hard accent on both syllables. Think of it as in "That GUY ELmo is cool".

Good luck!

-Tatsu