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How does one say "Sanguinius"


Lord Kharloth

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Well, you guys fail to pronounce it properly (in terms of an ancient Roman's Latin) because it's unusual for English speakers to form the proper U sound. The U sounds in Sanguinius need to be pronounced the way you say the oo in "boots".
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So it's Sang-gwoo-nee-oos ?

 

Almost. :) It's Sang-woo-ee-nee-oos. :(

 

Well, that's the way a Roman would pronounce it. Of course it's okay to adapt any word to one's own language; every language does that. But if you want to stick to the original, that's the way to do it. ;)

 

Edit: the stress is on the first ee sound:Sang-woo-'ee-nee-oos

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Actually I think the "u" is silent. The word does come etymologically from Latin. In most Latin or Romance languages if the letter "g" is followed by either "i" or "e" and you want the "g" to have a hard guttural sound you add the letter "u" before that "i" or "e". If there were no "u" between them the "g" would sound like an English "j". So I have always pronounced it: "san-gee-nee-o-us" with the "gee" having a hard "g" sound as in the word "geese". Just my dos centavos.

 

Bravo-52

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Ok, this seems like bit of fun really.

 

I would pronounce it something like "Sang in nee us" or "San gwin nee us". Stressing the 'g' as in most Anglicised words. Give that "English" is really a French word and "Britain" Greek, and that English it's self is a Germanic language , sticking to the original pronunciation is going to be difficult for non Latin speakers.

 

Going to follow one of those links and see if I can learn to pronounce it right. :)

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