Why do Americans pronounce centaurs "centars"???

[Morrus]

I have simple rule: however Steven Fry says it is correct.

 

[Morrus]

When I was a kid I pronounced minotaur like dinosaur

If you mean “mine-o-toor” then yes, that’s how I say it too. None of this “minn-uh-tarr” for me!

 

[Aldarc]

If you mean “mine-o-toor” then yes, that’s how I say it too. None of this “minn-uh-tarr” for me!

Mine-o-toor? Is that mine tour in Wales?

 

[Marc_C]

Min-o-Thor ! is how I pronounce it. :-D

 

[Morrus]

As an aside, as I get older I find that enjoying and celebrating our differences is much more fun than telling people they’re wrong to not look, talk, and act exactly like a clone of myself — especially when it comes to dialects and customs.

 

[Marc_C]

As an aside, as I get older I find that enjoying and celebrating our differences is much more fun than telling people they’re wrong to not look, talk, and act exactly like a clone of myself — especially when it comes to dialects and customs.

This! Quoted for truth.

 

[turnip_farmer]

The thing about pretend-elf games, is that they are full of words that, outside the context of a pretend-elf game, lots of people will never hear said aloud. As a result, idiosyncratic pronunciations are common. I hear all sorts of fascinating variations from my online group (some of whom are non-native speakers).

This is not something unique to rpgs. Try going to a zoology conference and discovering all the unique ways researchers come up with to pronounce the formal scientific names for animals.

 

[Umbran]

Min-o-Thor ! is how I pronounce it. :-D

 

[Cadence]

Reading Tolkien and some other classics to my son showed me how many of the names I never really tried to pronounce in my head before...

 

[Helpful NPC Thom]

Dunno, why do the British pronounce aluminum as alyouminnieum? From whence hails this extra syllable?