Pronounciations
CLM
John
>
> Fistandantilus I belive is pronounced like it's spelled, if I'm wrong
> correct me. I always pronounce it Fist an til lis. It's easier to say
> and sounds like it WOULD be a name, the other doesn't. The other is the
> last city in Cronicles. Neraka, I believe. I always pronounce it Ne
> kra. It just has a darker ring to, I feel. What names does anyone else
> mispronounce just to suit themselves?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
Well, I am all for novel pronunciations, but you missed an entire
syllable in fistandDANtilus. That would change the way it is pronounced
extensively. Same with Neraka, its a three syllable word, and without
the middle syllable, it doen't sound complete.
just my thoughts.
john
Rick Schrader
>syllable in fistandDANtilus. That would change the way it is pronounced
>extensively. Same with Neraka, its a three syllable word, and without
>the middle syllable, it doen't sound complete.
>just my thoughts.
>john
I agree. It seems to subtract from the names when you take out syllables.
If my name were Fistandantilus, I wouldn't want people calling me
Fistantilus.
How do you guys pronounce Astinus and shalafi? I pronounce them "Ust eye
nus" and "shu lah fee."
LrdFinlay
+ Tilus (kind of like kill us ;-) )
Neraka... Ner (like Nair) + A (ah) + Ka (like in cous.)
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Dave McVey
>nus" and "shu lah fee."
I pronounce shalafi the same, but Astinus differently - Ass - tin - us with the
stress on the "Ass" syllable
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Dave McVey
>dent)
>+ Tilus (kind of like kill us ;-) )
Fist - an - dan - til - us, stress on "dan"
>Neraka... Ner (like Nair) + A (ah) + Ka (like in cous.)
Ne (Knee) - re - kuh, stress on "Ne"
Larris
>How do you guys pronounce Astinus and shalafi? I pronounce them "Ust eye
>nus" and "shu lah fee."
Use Latin pronounciation rules. They always seem to work well with
fantasy names.
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Jellybean Pouchsnipper
Rick Schrader wrote:
> Well, I am all for novel pronunciations, but you missed an entire
> >syllable in fistandDANtilus. That would change the way it is pronounced
> >extensively. Same with Neraka, its a three syllable word, and without
> >the middle syllable, it doen't sound complete.
> >just my thoughts.
> >john
>
> I agree. It seems to subtract from the names when you take out syllables.
> If my name were Fistandantilus, I wouldn't want people calling me
> Fistantilus.
> How do you guys pronounce Astinus and shalafi? I pronounce them "Ust eye
> nus" and "shu lah fee."
for me if like to pronounce shalafi in an exotic way (you
know...elves...high class..exotic..arrogance...etc.) I pronounce it like "Shah
lah fee"
Amoeba
eye
> > nus" and "shu lah fee."
Aaaargh.
It is ASS-ti-nus
and shah-lah-fie fie as in, fee fie fo fum
-Amoeba
LanceDrako
I pronounce them
Pal (as in you're a PAL) uh (as in UHHHH) deen (dean)
Tock (tick TOCK) iss (kISS) iss(kISS)
Sky
Tane iss (or) Tan iss (i'm not sure)
Krin (as in grIN)
Neh rak (as in rack) uh
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Rick Schrader
LanceDrako wrote in message
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I say:
pal uh dine (like "to eat")
tack kiss iss
sky
tan (the color) iss
nair ah kuh
krinn (rhymes with grin)
Amoeba
> Pal (as in you're a PAL) uh (as in UHHHH) deen (dean)
>
> Tock (tick TOCK) iss (kISS) iss(kISS)
Tak ees iss (I actually asked Hickman about this
one)
> Sky
>
> Tane iss (or) Tan iss (i'm not sure)
Tan Iss
-Amoeba
Eric Ashcroft aka The Ancient One
legend foretold:
>>I pronounce them
>>Pal (as in you're a PAL) uh (as in UHHHH) deen (dean)
>>
that would be paladin, the class...
the god is palaDINE
should be pronounced like "dine" IMHO :)
Eric Ashcroft aka The Ancient One
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I will take their lead no more
I will not lie
In shallow graves
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Rick Schrader
The guy before me said "dean"
Eric Ashcroft aka The Ancient One wrote in message
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Anne M. Marble
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>I pronounce shalafi the same, but Astinus differently - Ass - tin -
us with the
>stress on the "Ass" syllable
Well, shucks. That seems rather rude. ;->
OK, OK, I'll crawl back into my lair now.
fuzzie
i always pronounced 'skie' as 'skee' (like skiing), but then again, thats
just me :)
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CLM
GodLike
fuzzie <fuzz...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
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the kiss priniciple at it's finest... (btw, KISS... keep it simple,
stupid!).
GodLike
Arkhan
CLM wrote in message
<28170-37...@newsd-612.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...Pa lad in
Pa-Lah-Dine
>Sha li fee
Sha-lah-fee
>Tan iss
Agreed
>Ta kiss sis
Tak-iss-iss
>Sky
Agreed
>Ker san(like fan) ia is Crysania
Kris-An-Ya
>Ass tin is
Ass-Tin-Us
>Ma(like magic) g is is Magius
Mag-ee-us
>Dees ra is Dezra
Dez-Ra (hmm... pretty self-explanitory)
>So lom(o like in long) nia
Sol-Am-Nee-Uh
>Sho oik(like oink without the n) an is Shoikan
Dear Lord! Someone agrees with me! Shoi-kan! shoi-kin!
>Eh list tahn is Elistan
Eh-Lis-Tan
>That that's my list that I blatantly mispronounce and will until I die.
And that's mine!
~Shirak~
Arkhan the Black
Dragonlancelot
>Just thought I'd throw my to coppers into the mix...
>612.iap.bryant.webtv.net>...Pa lad in
>Pa-Lah-Dine
>>Sha li fee
>Sha-lah-fee
[snipped to conserve sanity]
Have any of you yaggols realised that you *might* have
different accents? And that this *might* be the reason
you're pronouncing these words differently?
Just a thought.
Dragonlancelot.
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Abysmal 0
Tock-hee-sis
Call me odd.
Arkhan
Abysmal 0 wrote in message <19990710174252...@ng-fh1.aol.com>...
>Call me odd.
Will do! :)
~Shirak~
Arkhan the Black
Arkhan
Dragonlancelot wrote in message <9316051...@www.remarq.com>...
>Have any of you yaggols realised that you *might* have
>different accents? And that this *might* be the reason
>you're pronouncing these words differently?
>Just a thought.
What, so we wouldn't be able to bicker about petty differences? That's no
fun... :)
~Shirak~
Arkhan the Black
Morten Brattbakk
Dragonlancelot <srdu...@hotmail.com> skrev
> Have any of you yaggols realised that you *might* have
> different accents? And that this *might* be the reason
> you're pronouncing these words differently?
> Just a thought.
Yeah, I'm Norwegian so in my mind quite a few of the names are different
than in the minds of English-speaking people. I recently got some of the
audio books for the first time in my life, and I hardly recognized the
names of "Tanis", "Majere" and "Antimodes". :)
Morten
fuzzie
> >
> > i always pronounced 'skie' as 'skee' (like skiing), but then again,
thats
> > just me :)
> > --
it?
> the kiss priniciple at it's finest... (btw, KISS... keep it simple,
> stupid!).
i always thought that 'ie' would be pronounced 'ee,' like in 'field' or such
words at that. but most of us just pronounce how we want. :)
Raist...@webtv.net
Abysmal 0
>Tak - hi (as in hee) - sis
>
Yes, I also pronounce it that way.
LanceDrako
>i always pronounced 'skie' as 'skee' (like skiing), but then again, thats
just me :)
If you think about it, most dragons are named associated with color or
abilities. And also noted KHellendros's belly is SKY blue so that he can blend
in with the sky better (although artwork shows it yellow). Therefore I beleive
that while Skee sounds more appropriate, I beleive Sky is better suited.
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Jason -MT- Russell
LanceDrako wrote:
Personally, I always pronounced Skie has "skee" as do many readers. As far as
Takhisis, I always pronounced it as "Ta-kiss-is." But, then again, I started
reading Dragonlance when I was in 7th grade, and while that probably isn't the
best source of English knowledge, I guess it just stuck. :)
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Larris
>What names does anyone else
>mispronounce just to suit themselves?
K'rshinthintl: "cee-ANN"
Sh'ss'rssh: "WHISS-per"
Ch'krkk'l: "SLEET" (alt. "ter-ih-SLEET-icks")
(from the DL Conspectus)
Morten Brattbakk
Larris <lar...@usa.net> skrev
> >What names does anyone else
> >mispronounce just to suit themselves?
>
> K'rshinthintl: "cee-ANN"
> Sh'ss'rssh: "WHISS-per"
> Ch'krkk'l: "SLEET" (alt. "ter-ih-SLEET-icks")
>
> (from the DL Conspectus)
I have mentioned it before, but as a Norwegian I pronounce many of the
names very differently. I recently heard through the DoWN audio book (I
snatched the last copy of that and DoSD from amazon.co.uk), and many of the
names felt just plain wrong. The narrator said el-is-STAN when I have
always said el-IST-stan, in fact there were lots of places were I put the
pressure on a different syllable. (Such as shi-RAK instead of SHI-rak, as I
always saw it.)
The audio book was quite cool, though. Loved the music. Especially when
Theros says "I give you... THE DRAGONLANCE" TA-DA-DA-RA-TA-DAAAAAA *soaring
music*. Some things I didn't like though, such as the syntesizer effects
when magic was used: "Shirak" booooooooiiiiiiinnnnnnggggwwwwweeeeeeeeeee.
And I absolutely hated the way Tasslehoff sounded. With the nasal,
fast-talking upper-class British English he sounded nothing like a kender,
but exactly like a foppish, noble faggot.
But why isn't it possible to have unabridged DL audio-books? I know plenty
of other audiobooks which are unabridged.
Morten
Splatter
wrote:
>I have mentioned it before, but as a Norwegian I pronounce many of the
>names very differently. I recently heard through the DoWN audio book (I
>snatched the last copy of that and DoSD from amazon.co.uk), and many of the
>names felt just plain wrong. The narrator said el-is-STAN when I have
>always said el-IST-stan, in fact there were lots of places were I put the
>pressure on a different syllable. (Such as shi-RAK instead of SHI-rak, as I
>always saw it.)
<snip>
I haven't heard the audio books, but you pronounce exactly as I would.
I again speak swedish, and it close to norweigan.
>Morten
>
Weldon Chen
Splatter wrote:
Hmmmm. I never cared how Peter MacNicols pronouced the names. In my opinion
he's just pronoucing the names in a way he thinks they should be said. It is
after all his take on the Chronicles, (and later Legends). But I must admit, I
like him because he is a superb actor. He read the cgronicles, he plays with
weirdo in GhostBusters II, has a GREAT character in Ally McBeal. As far as I
know, when the audio tapes were made, the actor read the books before his
recording of it simply because he liked the books, which most people sometimes
don't even do. But I have no idea if he actually asked someone at Randomhouse
or TSR for name pronunciation.
Among the TSR people, do you know how/why/when/what circumstances allowed Peter
MacNicols to read the DRagonlance Chronicles and legends?
Granak Red-Silver
Sivak
gra...@marshall.edu
only cut out a little bit of stuff. all in all its been well
worth my 60 bucks i paid for em on e bay. I thought the
different voices was cool...along with the sound
effects....its made the story come to life in a big way!I
also have dosf on audiobook and its pretty good too
actually. I have soulforge as well which is kinda
blah.....they cut out half the book which kinda
dissappointed me. Right now im looking for legends on
audiobooks and havent had much luck with it. Guess ill hafta
keep checking ebay...
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Leonid Leonov
>>Tak - hi (as in hee) - sis
>>
>
>Yes, I also pronounce it that way.
>
>
Tock-hiss-is for me. Seemed to sound more evil...
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Clara Kim
fun of it all.
I agree on the Tak-hee-sis approach for the Queen of Darkness... for the others:
Care-ah-mon - Caramon
Rast-lin - Raistlin
Gill-thahn-us - Gilthanas
Those are all I can think of at the moment.
-Clara