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2005-11-28, 09:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2005
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- Norway
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Well, seems I've been spot on with most names, except Elan. Might be because I'm Norwegian, but I've always pronounced his name EH-lahn.
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2005-11-30, 06:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2005
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- Slovenia
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
About the -lin in EE-lin (golly, this sounds like assembler...), I think the -lan/ -lin is actually rather mute, like the a in Ian.
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2005-12-10, 02:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2005
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- Vienna, Austria
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Hi,
as there are no strict pronounciation rules in Engilsh, especially not for names, does anybody of you have an idea how the giant's family name is pronounced correctly? How he pronounces it himself; wants to hear it by others?
Might be easier for me, to promote Oots at my game sessions, without the awkward moment of "...the guy's called Rich B.. Bur, ... well Giant".
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2005-12-10, 07:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2005
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- Upper Peninsula
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I had them all right in my head except for Elan as well.
I went with the popular people (Eh-Lahn)I tried snorting coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose...
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2005-12-10, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
HAHA I've been pronucing them all right!
for the record
Pompey is pronouced Pom-pay
fruit pie the sorcerer is pronuced Fruit Pie The Sor-cer-er
Larry Gardener is Lar-e Guard-en-er
Miko Miyazaki I think is Me-co My-a-zak-e (zak rhymes with sock)
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2005-12-11, 02:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2005
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- CT
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2005-12-11, 07:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
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- NJ
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I was on the money with all exept Elan. I thought that it sounded more similar to Ellen exept with more of an ahn sound
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2005-12-11, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2005
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- Saint Macgyver's Basilica
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I use "Meeko" for Miko, and "Mee-yuh-zah-kee" for Miyazaki.
How do you pronounce Pompey? "Pawm-peeh" or "Pawm-pay." The former is closer to the volcano theme, but the latter points to the famous Roman figure.An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
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2005-12-11, 11:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2004
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- Norwich, UK
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Originally Posted by Flak_RazorwillAllergy advice: posts may contain traces of sarcasm
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2006-01-27, 10:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
It cracks me up when people ask an author how names are supposed to be pronounced, then decide they rather just continue to pronounce it their way.
Its like R.A. Salvatore and Drizzt vs. Drizzit.
NOTE: I'm not criticizing or making fun of anyone here, just pointing out something that strikes me as funny.
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2006-02-04, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2006
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- Australia
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I hate it when you pronounce something one way and then when you look in the pronunciation guide it's different. Luckily it isn't for me.
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2006-02-05, 03:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2006
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- Israel
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Me and a friend had a competition.
I just figured out i won it.
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2006-04-02, 11:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Ee-Lahn
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2006-04-03, 01:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2005
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- a room
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I was right for all but Zz'd'tri. And even after looking at the pronunciation guide, I'm not entirely sure.
Anybody else find it amusing that the Giant used "boy" and "toy", in that order, to rhyme with Roy?a secret to everybody.
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2006-04-03, 01:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2006
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- Turku, Finland
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Originally Posted by manscatha
Anyway, since Elan has so much of the thing that is his name, I'll keep pronouncing it right it my head. He's a bard afterall, so I bet he can say it right :D
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2006-04-03, 03:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2005
- Location
- Near Philadelphia
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Keep in mind, when the Giant posts in non-red, he is just posting as another member of the boards (only posts in red are granted authority), so I surmise those were just his opinions on how he would pronounce them.
I suspect he couldn't care less how you pronounce them, as long as you buy his merchandise. Of course, if it would make you feel better, we could declare that each book, shirt, or mug you purchase entitles you to pronounce one name "wrong". ;DLook! A signature!
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2006-04-03, 03:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2005
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- Refugee of Aiur
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2006-04-03, 03:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Seems like Zz'dtri was the only one I got wrong. I always pronounced it like ssd-TRI. ::)
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2006-04-03, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
EE-lan. Rhymes with tea-can.
My problem with "English pronunciation" is that I'm actually English... Few English people would ever pronounce Elan with a long "a" or an "i" sound as a first, or even second guess.
Since its an American comic, I like to consider the way I pronounce it to be valid when the comic is translated into "real" English :P
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2006-04-03, 09:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2006
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- toronto, ontario, canada.
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I always pronounced them like this:
EE-lan {Bee-Sand}
Z-Z-dree
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2006-04-03, 09:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Originally Posted by BuzzfloydOriginally Posted by Sothicus
as for how they are called:
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2006-04-04, 08:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2006
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- Finland
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
My version of Elan is HEN-LAMP-NICE. And will so remain ;)
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2006-04-04, 11:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2006
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- dancing inside the song
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
i alwary pronounced zz'dtri as zi (long i, like in hit) di(same i sound) tree
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2006-04-05, 12:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2005
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- California
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Originally Posted by Gobbo_in_the_Boots
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2006-04-05, 06:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2005
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- England
Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
wow, I say Elans name totally different to everyone else >.> Apart from albion! ;D yeah, Im almost unique... now just to stab albion in the eye...
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2006-10-07, 12:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2006
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- Takoma Park, Maryland
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
hm.....for me it's
Xycon= ZI (like the letter I) cawn (rymes w/ lawn)
Zz'dtri= zuh (rymes with the U in mUd) DEE (like tree) tree (like....tree ;))
Elan= well, i know someone named elan, and his name is pronounced: uh (rymes with duh) LAWN (rymes with..... lawn ;))
in my mind, elan kinda rymes with baton.
well, thats my opinion. :)How strange it is to be anything at all...
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2006-10-07, 08:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2006
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Elan will always be EE lawn to me.
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2007-05-21, 04:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2006
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- Montreal QC, Canada
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
Astonighing. I've been pronouncing every name correctly, except for Zz'dtri and Elan. And English isn't even my first language. For some reason, I think that helped though. I just read the names as a French speaker thinks they would sound like in English. Except for Elan, where I just thought of how it would be pronounced in French but with an English accent. That didn't work so well. As for Zz'dtri, well, I still don't know how to pronounce (or even spell) Drizz't. I have no idea if I wrote that right.
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2007-05-21, 06:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
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- MA
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
I'm thinking that the 'i' in the pronunciation of Elan is more of a schwa, really, that indeterminate vowel sound that it's hard to write with any specific letter. At least, that makes sense of it being written 'i.'
Not that I didn't always pronounce it with a short a, rhyming with man, in my own head. Not very graceful that way, though.Last edited by EllysW; 2007-05-21 at 06:09 AM.
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2007-05-21, 06:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2007
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- The Castle Aaargh!
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Re: Could The Giant give us a pronounce guide?
You write it with 'ə'.
For me, these are them:
‘e.lən
‘hei.li
var.’su.vi.əs (or sometimes var.’su.vi.us)
roi
‘dɹ.kɔn
‘bel.kɔɹ
neil
‘sei.bin
ɵɔg
‘zai.kɔn
‘do.ru.kan
‘li.ri.an
sun
‘mi.ko
‘ʃo.dʒo
‘hin.dʒo
oh, and ‘z:.dtri (try that one!)
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