Originally Posted by
DomaDoma
I've always said "Ar-ya". "San-suh" with a short A doesn't take much more getting used to than "Drack-oh"/"Dray-co" did. I was a little thrown by a video of Martin pronouncing Daenerys "da-NAIR-iss"; I've always said "DAY-na-ris", which makes more sense with the nickname Dany, but the "official" pronunciation (I hear Martin doesn't think his pronunciations are set in stone) calls back to Queen Naerys, so that's cool.