Pronunciation of Handles

[Piratecat]

At GenCon, Alsih2o was asked if it is pronounced "Al-sh*t-oh." It's not.

Nemmerle freaks me out; he pronounces it "Nemm-er-el." Quite different than I had expected.

(PS: This is technically a Meta thread, but it'll be more fun in General, so we'll leave it here for now. We're all about the fun!)

 

[Green Knight]

<-------- The "K" is silent.

 

[Desdichado]

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter, since I never say the handles out loud. I'm still wondering if I should say ee-enn-world or enworld.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Nemmerle freaks me out; he pronounces it "Nemm-er-el." Quite different than I had expected...

Mark was talking about meeting up with "NEMM-er-Lee" when we were at Gen Con. I had no idea who he meant.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

So, how does one pronounce "Djeta Thernadier"?

I was thinking about this yesterday actually...wondering when someone was going to ask me....

Djeta is :
Jay with a slight 'D' sound before it "DJay" or slowed down "D-uh-jay" but the D and J are said spoken together "Djay" - "Ta". Sounds almost exactly like "jate-ah" .rhymes with "gate"

I don't know how to explain the Dj thing. Watch the Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney version or any that have the goat) sometime and see how Esmeralda pronounces the goats name (it's name is Djali).

I got the name Djeta from a book called "Bury Me Standing" which is a non-fictional account of the authors stay with some modern day Romani family in Albania. One of the women was named Yeta and I just altered it a bit.

So first name is Djay-ta.

Last name Thernadier.

Thur-nah-dee-ay.

Got this from Les Miserables. The innkeepers and Eponine are the Thernadier family.

(wow..2 Victor Hugo references on one post!)

So together they are :

Djay-ta Thur-nah-dee-ay. Djeta Thernadier.



Now you know. And knowing IS 1/2 the battle...

 

[talinthas]

i always pronounced djeta with a russian sound to it, making it a lot like how you suggested =)

talinthas is easy. Tal (like tal bachman, or pal) in (like inn) thas (with an ah sound, kinda like the spanish way of saying las)

 

[Carnifex]

Car-nih-fecks

Can't really mess mine up

 

[Desdichado]

Actually, the [j] in English is already a combination of [d] and [zh]. Adding another [d] to the front of it is just an exageration of the sound that's already there.

 

[JoeBlank]

JoeBlank: (jo) (blangk)

Or, if I am being particularly offensive at the time, feel free to insert something else into the "Blank" space.

Or simply say "Blank" with a strong emphasis, as if you mean something crude but are being polite by saying that instead.

edited because the cool pronunciation symbols from dictionary.com did not show up.

 

[Nightfall]

And if you guys can't pronounce Nightfall I pity you.