Quote Originally Posted by DomaDoma View Post
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.
Daenerys Targaryen is the only one he's been firm on, and that's the pronunciation the show uses. For the most part, I haven't had any troubles. Again though, we haven't had any of the tough ones pronounced yet.