Pronounciation: Ghaele and Couatl

[Dogbrain]

Yep.

Unfortunately, "ghaele" looks like it might be Gaelic, which means it could easily be pronounced "kitchy-coo." Just say it however you want, and you'll have as good a chance at being right as any of the rest of us.

If it's gaelic-ish, then something like "hwa-lya" wouldn't be too far off, or maybe "jwa-lya" might go.

But we are talking about languages that pronounce things like "dioibhe" as "jow-ee" and "dias duit" as "gee-as git" (with "hard" g both times).

 

[J_D]

I guess I'm the only one who would pronounce Ghaele like ghee-lee. Or perhaps a softer ending e, like ghee-luh.
I take my cue from the pronunciation of the British "encyclopaedia" to be the same as the American spelling "encyclopedia", where the "ae" dipthong is pronounced just like a long e - "ee".

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

It's pronounced "k(long o)-ätl"

As in:

Hard K
Long O
A as in Father
Tul, with a very abbreviated u

It comes from the last part of the Aztec word Quetzocoautl, which is their word for an aspect of a god, which appeared as a feathered serpent: "A god of the Toltecs and Aztecs, one of the manifestations of the sun god Tezcatlipoca and represented as a plumed serpent."

It's also the name for a species of pteradon.

As for ghaele, I've always pronounced it like gale - like a storm.

 

[Sado]

It's drow, like in cow.

 

[J_D]

It's drow, like in cow.

I was wondering when that monthly old chestnut would pop up!

I know that "how now brown drow" is the "official" and generally accepted pronunciation, but I never could and still can't stand it. It sounds silly and ridiculous.

I much prefer "throw the drow low before he grows". That pronunciation is cool and much more menacing that the ridiculous and silly "how now brown drow". In any game I play in, it will always be the "low drow", and in this instance I don't care what's "official" or what is the "general consensus."

 

[Klaus]

Re: Couatl: It bears mentioning that the national bird of Guatemala is the Quetzal, a small metallic green/red bird with very long, snake-like tail feathers. In flight, they look like feathered serpents.