How do You Pronounce Your Name?

Unread post by **Azunara** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:11 am

If there's a thread out there, then I apologize. But...it's something I've always wondered. How do you pronounce your character's name? I've seen mine pronounce multiple ways, for example.

The proper "My Way" Way: Ay (As in Way)-Zoo-Nahr (As in 'rawr')-Ah
Other versions: Ah-Zoo-Nahr-Ah

So they tend to make it a short 'a' instead of a long 'a' as I imagine it.

Or take my lock's name: Ray-Vehn-Ear-Ah is how you pronounce it.

So yeah. Just a little thread to get you thinking. Something like that. That, and I feel bad when I mangle someone's name, so I want to see how they do it. >.<

Unread post by **Teigan** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:13 am

Unread post by **Vephriel** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:26 am

(I still pronounce Teigan as tay-gan in my head (rhymes with Megan) xD)

I'm not sure if Vephriel is self-explanatory or not, but in case it isn't it's pronounced veff-ree-elle.

Unread post by **Makoes** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:34 am

Makoes
May-ko-s

although

Mak-oh-s is also acceptable.

(stands for Mako Energy Source...FF7)

Unread post by **Redith** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:45 am

Red-ith...lol

Unread post by **Lupis** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:56 am

Exactly like it looks.. heh.
Lupis (loo-pis) Darkmoon. (Dark moon)
In-game names...
Tain = Tay-n
Rassaa = Rah-s-ah
Luare = Loo-are

Unread post by **Kamalia** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:20 am

I generally pronounce my user name as Kam-ah-lee-ah.

Huh. Seems like I'm guilty of pronouncing Azu's name the "Other" way.

Help my Dragons · Unread post by **VelkynKarma** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:30 am

Kamalia wrote: Huh. Seems like I'm guilty of pronouncing Azu's name the "Other" way.

Same. /feels bad now

As for me, I pronounce my name Vel-kin-CAR-mah. Although Vel-keen is acceptable too XP

Hrm, other Nesingwary-regular toons of mine...

Silinrul: SIL-in-rool
Saor: SAY-or
Taigi: TIE-gee
Hadyn: Originally I wanted Hayden, which is pronounced...uh...HAY-den. Lol. Technically his name is pronounced HAD-in, but I still often pronounce it Hayden anyway.
Valefar: VAL-eh-far

Ayup...

~VelkynKarma

Unread post by **Gumballs** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:31 am

Gumballs: Gum-balls xD
Apocotaco: A-pock-o-tok-o
Ashiena: Ash-ee-en-ah
Daenak: Dan-ack
Llynarai: Linn-are-eye

Unread post by **Niabi** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:40 am

Ooh, this post is going to help me out sooo much! I find some of the more exotic names in these forums a bit tricky to pronounce correctly (or as intended by the creator). Here's my hunter names as I pronounce them in-game ...

Khau: pronounced like the English word "cow".

Auroryn: pronounced ah, roar, in.

Kadija: pronounced kah, dee, ja.

Niabi: pronounced ny (as in "night"), awe, bee.

Ghiselle: pronounced ji (as in "jipped"), zel.

Rosaria: pronounced rose, awe, ree, ah.

Lilyth: pronounced lil, ith.

Synestra: pronounced sin, es, tra.

Unread post by **Karathyriel** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:38 am

I wish I could help you, but the letter Y in my forum name is pronounced likt the german letter "ü".

A sound that is not used in the english language.

Unread post by **ServÅntos** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:38 am

ser-vant-Os

Unread post by **Azunara** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:10 am

Karma and Kam, you're not the only ones.

I've had guildies in vent use the latter more often. And I'm too nervous to say the other way. My friend and occasionally my dad will use the "Incorrect" way frequently as well. So yeah. Feel free to use either way, I really don't mind. I just find the long 'a' as the 'real' version in my mind.

Unread post by **Galahandra** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:12 am

Well, the username is Gal-a-han-dra, just as it looks!

In game I play:
Celaena - Sell-Ay-Na
Esther - Ess-ta
Ottelie - Ott-a-li
Organa - Or-gah-na
Maudette - Maw-Det
Jeanette - Jen-Ett
Cofelia - Co-Feel-ee-a

And, Azu, I always thought your name was pronounced a-zyu-nah-ra

Unread post by **Saturo** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:42 am

I thought it was Azoo-nah-ra, xD

Sat-ur-oh.

Unread post by **Sarayana** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:55 am

Uhm, I'm not gonna tell you how to pronounce Sarayana cause well, nobody has ever pronounced it differently from what I do.

Aoani: Ah-oh-Aah-ni edit: now that I think about it, I think I actually pronounce it more like Ao-Aah-ni, with the Ao sounding kind of like the vowel sound in 'ouch' or 'ow'
Iladra: Ih-LAD-rah (Ih sounds kinda like when you just tamed a rare spawn beast and go eeeeeeeeeeh, that vowel sound there)

Unread post by **Tulune** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:19 pm

Tulune; tooloon, long o sound for both syllables.

Unread post by **Gimlion** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:00 pm

As far as my Forum name goes: Gim-Lee-in.

Phianth, my Shaman name (across all servers): Fi (as in eye)- anth (like ant, only with a soft 'th' instead of a hard 't')

Galador One of my Druid names: Gall-ah-door

Galadone, my other druid name: Gall-ah-d-own. (as in the word own with a D in front of it.)

Evin, DK name: Pretty much how it's spelled: Eh-vin

That's all of them I can think of for now.

Unread post by **cowmuflage** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:43 pm

Cow-moo-flage XD

Unread post by **Sochi** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:58 pm

Well, for my main and for my forum handle, it's Sew-chee. Long 'o', long 'e' sounds. For my main alt, Shaon, I pronounce her name "Shay-on".

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