Pronouncing Acheron: ASH, or ACK?

[Sammael]

For what it's worth though, the mimir in 'Players Primer to the Outlands' pronounces it ATCH-eron.

I just re-listened to it and it sounds more like ASH-eron to me.

 

[Richards]

Right or wrong, I've always pronounced it ATCH-er-on.

Johnathan

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Heh, I have always gone with 'ACK', which fits when folks in game get there... ACK!

The Auld Grump, who last used Acheron in 1st ed....

 

[Psion]

 

[interwyrm]

As much as I hate the way it sounds, I think ack er on is probably the most correct people have mentioned so far. The ch is likely a throwback to the greek chi, which is not pronounced like a ck, but more like a ... a cat hissing. The a is probably an alpha. So ack (with a soft consonant) is probably the most correct.

I say atcheron though.

 

[Odhanan]

ACK-eron.
Looking in a dictionary can indeed help for classical names.

 

[Voadam]

ch as in chew.

So I guess atch would be the phonetic.

 

[Ripzerai]

I say "Acchh-er-on," with full pseudo-Yiddish or Scottish acchh.

The origin of the "Archeron" pronunciation would probably be Robert Asprin's Myth series, which had a race of humanoids called the Archers from a plane called Archeron.

 

[Klaus]

Akeron.

In Portuguese the name is written Aqueronte ( qu == k ). For completeness' sake, the Styx is Estige, Tarterus is Tártaro.

 

[Land Outcast]

Akeron

Portuguese? ok, I'll com defending spanish then.

Styx -> Estigia ("gi" sounds like "he", est-e-he-ah)

Acheron -> Aqueronte

Tarterus -> Tartaro (where punishment adequates itself to the crime)