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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 2837724" data-attributes="member: 18701"><p>I thought it might be helpful to compile an official mega list of proper pronunciation for D&D names. So I'm asking the Enworld community to help out <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I've seen lots of threads on how to pronounce words, but I don't think I've seen anything compiled together with actual sources. Please direct me to a site that has an official list if I am wrong. I know I've read posts by Monte Cook where he said the Planescape's City of Doors is pronounced "Sig-il" and not "Sij-il", but I can't find the source for that in order to show people. So I'd like to make this thread the place to go to prove our friends wrong.</p><p></p><p>If you have proof on how to pronounce a D&D word that people have trouble with, please post your findings here and I will add it to the list. You must be able to provide the source of your proof. It could be an article from a magazine or book, an official website posting, or whatever.</p><p></p><p>For now, as I think of words, I will add them to the list (feel free to suggest words to add). But I won't put the pronunciation after the word until I can show proof that that is the way it is pronounced.</p><p></p><p>Also, I don't have access to these books, but if you do, can you type up the pronunciations that it lists and post it here?</p><p></p><p>- "Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd" by Frank Mentzer in Dragon #93 (Jan. 1985)</p><p>- For help pronouncing words and names specific to the Forgotten Realms setting, see the Forgotten Realms box and the trilogy of Forgotten Realms deity books.</p><p>- For help pronouncing the names of the various tanar'ri and baatezu types, see MC8 Outer Planes Appendix.</p><p></p><p>______________________________________________</p><p></p><p>Sources:</p><p></p><p>- Dictionary</p><p>- <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp</a></p><p></p><p>______________________________________________</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Aarakocra: </span></strong>a-rah-KO-krah</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Aasimar: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Aasimon: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Acheron: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Arquebus: </span></strong>AR-keh-bus</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Baatezu: </span></strong>bay-AH-teh-zu or BAH-teh-zu</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Baator: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Bardiche: </span></strong>bar-DEESH</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Bulette: </span></strong>boo-LAY</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Catoblepus: </span></strong>kuht-OH-bleh-puhs, also kah-TA-ble-pus</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Chatkcha: </span></strong>CHAT-k-cha (thri-kreen throwing weapon)</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Chimera: </span></strong>ky-MAEE-ruh, or ky-MAIR-ruh (rhymes with "care of")</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Chitin: </span></strong>KITE-in</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Coup de grace: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Cuirass: </span></strong>KWEE-rass</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Drizzt Do'Urden: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Drow: </span></strong>DRAU (as in drowsy; rhymes with now and how)</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Dweomer: </span></strong>DWEH-mer (rhymes with "hem her"), or DWIH-mer; sometimes DWEE-mer</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Falchion: </span></strong>FAL-chun</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Geas: </span></strong>GEE-ass, or GYASS (both with a hard "g")</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Genasi: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Gygax: </span></strong>GY-gaks</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Halberd: </span></strong>HAL-berd, (not HAL-bread)</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Herb: </span></strong>ERB</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Ioun: </span></strong>EYE-oon</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Iuz: </span></strong>YOOZ or EE-uz</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Ixitxachitl: </span></strong>iks-it-ZATCH-i-til or ik-zit-zah-chih-tull</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Lich: </span></strong>LITCH (as in ditch), *not* LIKE or LICK</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Lycanthrope: </span></strong>LY-kun-throhp, LY-kan-throhp (like lichen rope/my tan rope)</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Lycanthropy: </span></strong>ly-KAN-thruh-pee</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Mage: </span></strong>MAGE (as in age), *not* MADGE (as in badger)</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Melee: </span></strong>MAY-lay</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Otyugh: </span></strong>AHT-yuhg</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Sahuagin: </span></strong>sah-HWAH-gin</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Scythe: </span></strong>syth (rhymes with tithe)</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Sigil: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Styx: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Svirfneblin: </span></strong>svirf-NEB-lin</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Tanar'ri: </span></strong>tah-NAHR-ree</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Tarrasque: </span></strong>tah-RASK</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">THAC0: </span></strong>either THAK-oh, or THAKE-oh</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Tiefling: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Vargouille: </span></strong>var-GWEEL</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Vrock: </span></strong>vrahk</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Wyvern: </span></strong>WIH-vern (as in did learn), or WHY-vern</p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Xaositects: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Yggdrasil: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Ysgard: </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOrange">Zaknafein: </span></strong>zack-NAY-fee-in</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 2837724, member: 18701"] I thought it might be helpful to compile an official mega list of proper pronunciation for D&D names. So I'm asking the Enworld community to help out :) I've seen lots of threads on how to pronounce words, but I don't think I've seen anything compiled together with actual sources. Please direct me to a site that has an official list if I am wrong. I know I've read posts by Monte Cook where he said the Planescape's City of Doors is pronounced "Sig-il" and not "Sij-il", but I can't find the source for that in order to show people. So I'd like to make this thread the place to go to prove our friends wrong. If you have proof on how to pronounce a D&D word that people have trouble with, please post your findings here and I will add it to the list. You must be able to provide the source of your proof. It could be an article from a magazine or book, an official website posting, or whatever. For now, as I think of words, I will add them to the list (feel free to suggest words to add). But I won't put the pronunciation after the word until I can show proof that that is the way it is pronounced. Also, I don't have access to these books, but if you do, can you type up the pronunciations that it lists and post it here? - "Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd" by Frank Mentzer in Dragon #93 (Jan. 1985) - For help pronouncing words and names specific to the Forgotten Realms setting, see the Forgotten Realms box and the trilogy of Forgotten Realms deity books. - For help pronouncing the names of the various tanar'ri and baatezu types, see MC8 Outer Planes Appendix. ______________________________________________ Sources: - Dictionary - [url]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp[/url] ______________________________________________ [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Aarakocra: [/COLOR][/b]a-rah-KO-krah [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Aasimar: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Aasimon: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Acheron: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Arquebus: [/COLOR][/b]AR-keh-bus [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Baatezu: [/COLOR][/b]bay-AH-teh-zu or BAH-teh-zu [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Baator: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Bardiche: [/COLOR][/b]bar-DEESH [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Bulette: [/COLOR][/b]boo-LAY [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Catoblepus: [/COLOR][/b]kuht-OH-bleh-puhs, also kah-TA-ble-pus [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Chatkcha: [/COLOR][/b]CHAT-k-cha (thri-kreen throwing weapon) [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Chimera: [/COLOR][/b]ky-MAEE-ruh, or ky-MAIR-ruh (rhymes with "care of") [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Chitin: [/COLOR][/b]KITE-in [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Coup de grace: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Cuirass: [/COLOR][/b]KWEE-rass [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Drizzt Do'Urden: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Drow: [/COLOR][/b]DRAU (as in drowsy; rhymes with now and how) [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Dweomer: [/COLOR][/b]DWEH-mer (rhymes with "hem her"), or DWIH-mer; sometimes DWEE-mer [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Falchion: [/COLOR][/b]FAL-chun [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Geas: [/COLOR][/b]GEE-ass, or GYASS (both with a hard "g") [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Genasi: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Gygax: [/COLOR][/b]GY-gaks [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Halberd: [/COLOR][/b]HAL-berd, (not HAL-bread) [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Herb: [/COLOR][/b]ERB [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Ioun: [/COLOR][/b]EYE-oon [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Iuz: [/COLOR][/b]YOOZ or EE-uz [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Ixitxachitl: [/COLOR][/b]iks-it-ZATCH-i-til or ik-zit-zah-chih-tull [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Lich: [/COLOR][/b]LITCH (as in ditch), *not* LIKE or LICK [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Lycanthrope: [/COLOR][/b]LY-kun-throhp, LY-kan-throhp (like lichen rope/my tan rope) [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Lycanthropy: [/COLOR][/b]ly-KAN-thruh-pee [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Mage: [/COLOR][/b]MAGE (as in age), *not* MADGE (as in badger) [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Melee: [/COLOR][/b]MAY-lay [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Otyugh: [/COLOR][/b]AHT-yuhg [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Sahuagin: [/COLOR][/b]sah-HWAH-gin [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Scythe: [/COLOR][/b]syth (rhymes with tithe) [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Sigil: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Styx: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Svirfneblin: [/COLOR][/b]svirf-NEB-lin [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Tanar'ri: [/COLOR][/b]tah-NAHR-ree [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Tarrasque: [/COLOR][/b]tah-RASK [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]THAC0: [/COLOR][/b]either THAK-oh, or THAKE-oh [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Tiefling: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Vargouille: [/COLOR][/b]var-GWEEL [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Vrock: [/COLOR][/b]vrahk [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Wyvern: [/COLOR][/b]WIH-vern (as in did learn), or WHY-vern [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Xaositects: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Yggdrasil: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Ysgard: [/COLOR][/b] [b][COLOR=DarkOrange]Zaknafein: [/COLOR][/b]zack-NAY-fee-in [/QUOTE]
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