As I was doing a reread the other day, I realized how much all of the (ahem, more difficult) names tripped me up at first, and then how I had sort of internalized my own imagined pronunciation of them to make reading. (Of course, then I ran one of them past one of the authors, and she told me I was waaay off. Heh.)
So, how do you pronounce the names in your head, when you're reading? (Note, below are simply my own imaginings. Save the first one, I haven't actually asked on any of them.)
Xaillyndesse -- zal'-in-dess (since revealed to be incorrect)
o'Audiva Rocale -- uh-oh'-dee-va roh-cal'
Akribastes -- ak-rih-bas'-teez
Cruxradia -- croos-ray'-dia
Ebrellin-i -- eh-brell'-in aye
Tesynnodai-theoni -- teh-sin'-oh-die thee-oh'-nee
Jennelcia -- jen-el'-see-ah
Jaxhelshon -- jacks'-el-shun
Gerude -- zhe-rood'
Iaen -- ee-en'
(This post courtesy of Dan's extremely boring job duties today, and the need for mental escape during lunch hour. :))
Xaillyndesse -- zai-leen-des
o'Audiva Rocale -- oh-ah-diva-row-cal
Akribastes -- ak-ree-bas-tehz
Cruxradia -- crux (like crux of the matter) -rah-dia
Ebrellin-i -- eh-brill-in-ee
Tesynnodai-theoni -- teh-sin-no-die thee-oh-nee
Jennelcia -- jen-nil-see-ah
Jaxhelshon -- jack'-hell-sh-on
Gerude -- jare-rood'
Iaen -- ee-en'
Letitcia -- let-tit-see-ah
Stevane -- stev-ah-nee
Luciprochoros -- lu-chi-pro-kor-us
Rachella -- rachel-la
Elete-travente -- el-ee-tee trav-en-tay
Rocsui-ehellenea -- rock-sue-ee eh-hell-eh-nay-ah
Hesperides -- hes-pari-days
Nothing? Nothing? NOTHING? Nothing, tra la la?
-Jereth (David Bowie), "The Labyrinth"
Xaillyndesse - shay-lin-dess'-eh (This would be thanks to my best friend, who has a character named 'Xai' pronounced 'Shay'.)
o'Audiva Rocale - oh-ah-dee'-vah roh-cahl' (Looking at Rocale, I'm beginning to wonder if it should be roh-cayl... hmm...)
Akribastes - ak-rih-bast'
Cruxradia - cruhks-rayd'-ee-uh
Ebrellin-i - ee'-brill-in aye (I'm beginning to think I don't pay much attention to spellings at all, lol. I just look at it once and use my first impression the rest of the way through.)
Tesynnodai-theoni - tehs-sin'-oh-day thee'-oh-nee
Jennelcia - jen-el-see'-uh
Jaxhelshon - jacks'-el-shon
Gerude - jayr'-ood
Iaen - ee-ay'-uhn (Probably more complicated than it needs to be...)
Wow. I need to rethink my pronunciations, lol.
Ah! How could I forget?
Dhealg'seala -- jalg'-suh-luh
Geillg'a -- gale-guh-ah'
Again, these are just bits of my imagination. It's kinda fascinating to see just how different all of these words sound in our different heads.
Dhealg'seala -- dee-ah-ling-seal-ah
Geillg'a -- gal-ing-gah
Nothing? Nothing? NOTHING? Nothing, tra la la?
-Jereth (David Bowie), "The Labyrinth"
Xaillyndesse -- ksail-lin-dess-e (I know it's wrong but can't help it! :P)
o'Audiva Rocale -- oh-aw-diva rock-ah-leh
Akribastes -- ak-ri-bahs-tehs
Cruxradia -- crux-rah-di-ah
Ebrellin-i -- eb-rell-ini
Tesynnodai-theoni -- teh-sen no-dai they-oh-ni
Jennelcia -- jenn-ell-siah
Jaxhelshon -- jaks-ell-shawn
Gerude -- je-rood
Iaen -- i-ah-ehn
Dhealg'seala -- dealh-gh-seal-ah
Geillg'a -- gale-guh-ah'
Letitcia -- let-teet-siah
Stevane -- ste-vahn
Luciprochoros -- loo-si-pro-kaw-ros
Rachella -- rah-chella
Elete-travente -- Eleh-te tra-vent-eh
Rocsui-ehellenea -- rock-soo-i eh-helein-eh-ah
Hesperides -- hes-per-i-dese
Although the difference in our accents might make this all meaningless :)
Carry on. :3
I am the bridge-jumping friend your parents warned you about.
*silence*
I... I never can pronounce things right, unless I know the word already. Only thing I can get off right off the bat is Japanese. And sometimes French.
Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris - The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
I make puns. I'm sorry.
I also make chibis. A lot of them. I don't know why.
That's ironic because French at least is infamously hard to pronounce.
Nothing? Nothing? NOTHING? Nothing, tra la la?
-Jereth (David Bowie), "The Labyrinth"
I get corrected once or twice and then I can normally get it. But I'm getting it somewhat enough that I can get words right off the bat at restaurants.
Astra non mentiuntur, sed astrologi bene mentiuntur de astris - The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
I make puns. I'm sorry.
I also make chibis. A lot of them. I don't know why.
I took ballet for three years and I still can't even pronounce a lot of French words I come across. Except for 'bourgeois'. Because that one's just fun to say, lol...
Ok, I'll join in the fun (or make a fool of myself).
Xaillyndesse -- Ksail-lee-en-dess
o'Audiva Rocale -- Oh-aw-diva ro-cahl
Akribastes -- Ak-ri-bahs-teez
Cruxradia -- Crux-rah-di-ah
Ebrellin-i -- Eh-brell-eenee
Tesynnodai-theoni -- Teh-sin-no-die thee-oh-nee
Jennelcia -- Jen-ell-see-ah
Jaxhelshon -- Jaks-hell-shone
Gerude -- Gehr-rude (I'm on my own with this one!)
Iaen -- Ee-ehn
Dhealg'seala -- Jalhgh-seal-ah
Geillg'a -- Gaele-guh
Letitcia -- Le-tee-sha
Stevane -- Ste-vahn
Luciprochoros -- Loo-si-pro-kaw-ros
Rachella -- Rah-chella
Elete-travente -- Eleh-te tra-vent-eh
Rocsui-ehellenea -- Rock-soo-i eh-helein-ah
Hesperides -- Hes-per-ee-dees
Xen -- Zen
Wheeeeee! I love linguistics! My turn, my turn!
Xaillyndesse -- zail-lihn-dehs-see
o'Audiva Rocale -- o-audeeva rocail
Akribastes -- akree-bas-tees
Cruxradia -- crux-ray-dia
Ebrellin-i -- eh-brehl-lihn-ee
Tesynnodai-theoni -- 'Sy! (sai) um teh-sihn-no-dai-theoni
Jennelcia -- jen-nehl-sia
Jaxhelshon -- jaks-hel-shun
Gerude -- geh-rude
Iaen -- ee-ayn
Dhealg'seala -- /voiced th/-ealg-sealah
Geillg'a -- gel-gah (I know she'd kill me for that)
Letitcia -- lay-tee-shia
Stevane -- Stee-vain
Luciprochoros -- loo-sip-ro-choros
Rachella -- rah-chehla
Elete-travente -- el-eh-tay-trah-vehn-tay
Rocsui-ehellenea -- raksui-eh-hel-lain-ia
Hesperides -- hes-sper-ehd-ees
Xen -- zen
Strong Heart
A female mercenary who insists she's a man, a naive young magician, and interesting times ahead.
Ooo! Ooo! Let me try!
Gerald -- hay-rahl-dough
Now you're just mocking us =P
Gosh darn authors and their darn god-modes *muttermutter*
;-)
Strong Heart
A female mercenary who insists she's a man, a naive young magician, and interesting times ahead.
Dammit Irk now I'm picturing Gerald as played by Geraldo Rivera and I don't think I'll ever be able to write him again. AUGH.
I am the bridge-jumping friend your parents warned you about.
I can just image Gerald's coverage of the war in Iraq. x3;
Lyric is a relation to Alice in Wonderland!
Being that before he left he felt that he was no good at poetry (i.e. writing) and admits he is not adept at music. Since a raven is like a writing desk in that they both have bills and tales (tails), and Lyric deffinately has both, plus the notes produced by both bird and desk are not considered to be musical notes, Lyric ravens and writing desks are all related!
Nothing? Nothing? NOTHING? Nothing, tra la la?
-Jereth (David Bowie), "The Labyrinth"
This has to be one of my favorite comments ever. OMG, Kashi. LOL!
Also hey love the avatar.
I am the bridge-jumping friend your parents warned you about.