Plasmablasts Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I seem to recall being told that the last consonant is silent in French, and so I just immediately assumed a silent 'T.' Which I ignore in Guilliman, I guess? No excuses, I'm just a weirdo. :lol: The final 't' would be silent if it was the last letter, but the following 'e' tells you to pronounce it. If defaulting to Latin, do you opt for Classical ('c' and 'g' always hard, 'v' as 'w') or Church ('c' and 'g' soft before 'e' or 'I', 'v' as 'v') pronunciation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Tigurius - Tiger-ee-us? Tie-jur-ee-us? Tig-ur-eye-us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmablasts Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Tigurius - Tiger-ee-us? Tie-jur-ee-us? Tig-ur-eye-us? I think the Classical Latin pronunciation would be 'Tig-oo-ree-us' but I tend to say 'Tie-goo-ree-us' or perhaps 'Tie-gyoo-ree-us'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob P Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I go with Tie-gur-ee-uss Istvaan can be said (and spelt) in a number of ways. I often hear Ist-a-van I prefer - ist-varn Obviouslt ist-van would be in there for Isstvan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veterannoob Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Some words I've never heard pronounced differently but probably are somewhere. :) Cay-Dee-en Nah-bz Tye-fawn or Tye-fun Gra-Matt-ick-us Sl-ow-dahr Fugging Strah-bow;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 This one might be less ambiguous linguistically, but how are the apostrophes in certain names handled? I've always treated them like a pause in a word, so Vulkan He'stan is "heh- stan" rather than "hestan" and Pellas Mir'san as "Meer-San". Correct? And regarding double-A worlds, I thought of Istvaan as "Ist-varn" but Baal as "Bayul" and Hamath Kraatos as "Kray-toss", which I'm aware is inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasmablasts Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 This one might be less ambiguous linguistically, but how are the apostrophes in certain names handled? I've always treated them like a pause in a word, so Vulkan He'stan is "heh- stan" rather than "hestan" and Pellas Mir'san as "Meer-San". Correct? And regarding double-A worlds, I thought of Istvaan as "Ist-varn" but Baal as "Bayul" and Hamath Kraatos as "Kray-toss", which I'm aware is inconsistent. If the apostrophes have any phonological value, as opposed to being merely decorative, I'd assume they act as glottal stops, i.e. in the manner some accents "swallow" 't's (e.g. "Glo'al stop"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veterannoob Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 This one might be less ambiguous linguistically, but how are the apostrophes in certain names handled? I've always treated them like a pause in a word, so Vulkan He'stan is "heh- stan" rather than "hestan" and Pellas Mir'san as "Meer-San". Correct? And regarding double-A worlds, I thought of Istvaan as "Ist-varn" but Baal as "Bayul" and Hamath Kraatos as "Kray-toss", which I'm aware is inconsistent. If the apostrophes have any phonological value, as opposed to being merely decorative, I'd assume they act as glottal stops, i.e. in the manner some accents "swallow" 't's (e.g. "Glo'al stop"). From experience I agree with this. Like Nes't or N'Kari and so on. Of course the audio can always be read separate ways. I'm glad this post has ben interesting for many and I've enjoyed the discussion so far. But now, I have more new Bl audio so back in the thick of it I go:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Njal Stormcaller! I've heard him called Nuh-jarl before, but always preferred Nyarrl myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veterannoob Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Njal Stormcaller! I've heard him called Nuh-jarl before, but always preferred Nyarrl myself. Oh, that's a good one I can't believe we forgot! Njal = for me, Nyah-ll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 While maybe not a pronunciation thing, I am constantly amazed at the swathes of people who call the SICARAN tank a SICARIAN tank. Drives me mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halandaar Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 While maybe not a pronunciation thing, I am constantly amazed at the swathes of people who call the SICARAN tank a SICARIAN tank. Drives me mad! Yeah, but then i quite often see people calling our favourite plastic frames "spruces" and have the same reaction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Yeah, but then i quite often see people calling our favourite plastic frames "spruces" and have the same reaction! I've seen them called "sprews", "spruces", "sprouse" and "sprunes". Sometimes it feels a bit petty to correct them... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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