What the *scratches head* Tiefling, Eladrin...

[Protagonist]

I pronounce Tiefling like the german word for deep (tief) + ling.
I hope IPA Symbols get displayed: [tiːf] + "ling"

 

[mach1.9pants]

Considering that those files were made by the Planescape devs, yes, those are canonical.

How do you get that? I couldn't find it on the site...

Are you a member of the occult? A spy?

 

[ari5av]

TEEF-ling
ee-LAH-drin (I always have trouble writing out my bizarre pronunciation for this word: long e, LAH as in laugh, drin as in drink)

-TRRW

Correct, according to the latest podcast, where both words are spoken aloud.

Edit: No, wait, LAH doesn't sound like laugh unless you're not American. In the podcast, it's pronounced (in my American accent) like TEEF-ling and ell-AH-drin, with the AH like father.

 

[fba827]

The Wotc video "Gnome and the Tiefling" mockinterview for the release of 4e pronounces tiefling as the original poster said: "like a 3 year old saying "teeth" with a "ling"

So, unless they were just playing up the interviewers 'accent'/inflections of sorts, I guess that's the official way.

As for the other word's pronunciation, your guess is as good as mine.

 

[Pbartender]

In my campaign, Tieflings and Eladrin will both be vaguely Middle Eastern, and the Big War was fought between their two ancient Empires, not the Teiflings and Dragonborn... The common name "Eladrin" (same emphasis as "Paladin" or "Saladin") will be derived from "Ala Hadarim", while "Tiefling" ("Teefling") will be a derogatory term used by the more Western-European-ish Humans.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

TEEF-ling
ee-LAH-drin (I always have trouble writing out my bizarre pronunciation for this word: long e, LAH as in laugh, drin as in drink)

-TRRW

Not that it's correct, but that's how I pronounce them too.

 

[MichaelK]

Well I personally think of it as "Tee-eff-ling", though I'll sometimes pronounce it a little differently if I'm trying to roleplay a character with an accent.

I also usually say "El-Eh-Drin" though I'm pretty sure that's not the usual pronunciation.

 

[keterys]

Sorry, I meant ell add rin like ten/nick/etc were saying. Prior to hearing them say it I'd assumed it was el a drin, I'll admit.

And yes, tiefling is based on german so that does seem the way to go.

 

[Danzauker]

I'll ALWAYS be surprised on how it's difficult for native English speakers to agree on the pronunciation of a given word...

 

[DeusExMachina]

I'll ALWAYS be surprised on how it's difficult for native English speakers to agree on the pronunciation of a given word...

It's a point of contention between me (Dutch) and my American girlfriend. She says Dutch grammar makes no sense, but at least the pronunciation of every word (no matter how guttural or impossible it may seem to foreigners) is pretty much as written, while English has way simpler grammar, but you never know from the way it's written how a word should be spoken out loud...



Anyway, I always used TEEF-ling and el-AH-drin personally...