How do you pronouce "Ilyena" ?
Jason Denzel
suggested it might be "Illy-on-ah". The second (to me) sounds more
familar and nicer, but I think it's the first.
Just want to get some of your thoughts. Thanks for the time.
-JWD
Sean
Ill-yen-a Is how I pronouce it.
Sean M. P.
Odd Petter Sand
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How about the French phrase "il y en a", (means something along the lines of
"there is something of something"). My guess would be that just like
Moiraine, Ilyena's name should be pronounced like it would be in French.
O.P.
Millhouse
I think that it would probably be Illy-ena
millhouse
Damien Salvador
<oddp...@stud.ntnu.no> a écrit:
>How about the French phrase "il y en a", (means something along the lines of
>"there is something of something"). My guess would be that just like
>Moiraine, Ilyena's name should be pronounced like it would be in French.
ASAI'm concerned it's satisfying :-) (of course the place I live in is
irrelevant to that issue :-) )
--
Damien
You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish.
Ralf Flicker
I thought Moiraine was pronounced MAW-rain. In french I imagine
it would be something like MO-A-RIn, with the last "In"
pronounced somewhere between the (american)english "an" and
"en". I'd vote for a semi-french interpretation of "il y en a"
(I don't like the "yay" in "Ill-yay-na"), where "en" is *not* as
in french ("ang") but rather pronounced "enn", as in, for lack
of a better comparison, "Enn"-ter-prise. So Il-y-enn-a.
--
ralf
Lee Haber
jwde...@earthlink.net says...
say?
Odd Petter Sand
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> Odd Petter Sand wrote:
> >
> > "Jason Denzel" <jwde...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:fa2650f4.01101...@posting.google.com...
> > > I've always thought it was "Ill-yay-na", but recently somebody
> > > suggested it might be "Illy-on-ah". The second (to me) sounds more
> > > familar and nicer, but I think it's the first.
> > >
> > > Just want to get some of your thoughts. Thanks for the time.
> > >
> > > -JWD
> >
> > How about the French phrase "il y en a", (means something along the
lines of
> > "there is something of something"). My guess would be that just like
> > Moiraine, Ilyena's name should be pronounced like it would be in French.
>
> I thought Moiraine was pronounced MAW-rain. In french I imagine
> it would be something like MO-A-RIn, with the last "In"
> pronounced somewhere between the (american)english "an" and
> "en".
Of course. Thank you for pointing that out.
> I'd vote for a semi-french interpretation of "il y en a"
> (I don't like the "yay" in "Ill-yay-na"), where "en" is *not* as
> in french ("ang") but rather pronounced "enn", as in, for lack
> of a better comparison, "Enn"-ter-prise. So Il-y-enn-a.
That's what I thought too, but failed to express. Perhaps my French is not
as good as I thought. :)
O.P.
Adam Maresch
"Lee Haber" <Vader...@aol.com> wrote in message
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We'll probably never know until the movie comes out(wouldn't that be great?)
and they introduce Meg Ryan as Ilyena. Has there ever been a thread about
which actor would make a good Rand, Matt, Lan etc.?
I know I'm blathering- one thought leads to another.
Adam Maresch
Matt Lea Harrison
> >
> > "Jason Denzel" <jwde...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:fa2650f4.01101...@posting.google.com...
> > > I've always thought it was "Ill-yay-na", but recently somebody
> > > suggested it might be "Illy-on-ah". The second (to me) sounds more
> > > familar and nicer, but I think it's the first.
<mini-snip>
> > How about the French phrase "il y en a", (means something along the
lines of
> > "there is something of something"). My guess would be that just like
> > Moiraine, Ilyena's name should be pronounced like it would be in
French.
>
> I thought Moiraine was pronounced MAW-rain. In french I imagine
> it would be something like MO-A-RIn, with the last "In"
> pronounced somewhere between the (american)english "an" and
> "en". I'd vote for a semi-french interpretation of "il y en a"
> (I don't like the "yay" in "Ill-yay-na"), where "en" is *not* as
> in french ("ang") but rather pronounced "enn", as in, for lack
> of a better comparison, "Enn"-ter-prise. So Il-y-enn-a.
I always thought it was 'ay' in Ill-y-AY-nah because that pronounciation
places it closer to Elayne (Ill-LAYN), who is the Third Age's
pale-haired milksop.
I can't imagine anything but the glossary's interpretation of Moiraine
(mwah-RAIN, if books aren't to hand). Or rather I can, but anything else
sounds *icky*
--
M.xx
-Please, feel free to imagine closing maniacal laughter.
Dennis Hughes
> it would be something like MO-A-RIn, with the last "In"
> pronounced somewhere between the (american)english "an" and
> "en". I'd vote for a semi-french interpretation of "il y en a"
> (I don't like the "yay" in "Ill-yay-na"), where "en" is *not* as
> in french ("ang") but rather pronounced "enn", as in, for lack
> of a better comparison, "Enn"-ter-prise. So Il-y-enn-a.
In the audio form of the books, it's pronounced moi-rain. There's just a
bit of difficulty spelling the moi part, because it's really a mix between
the French word for me (moi) and maw.
There's my two cents.
Where's my change?
--
Dennis Hughes
A11otrios
"Adam Maresch" <mare...@dashlink.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Lee Haber" <Vader...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.163515e52c68179e989681@news...
> > In article <fa2650f4.01101...@posting.google.com>,
> > jwde...@earthlink.net says...
> > > I've always thought it was "Ill-yay-na", but recently somebody
> > > suggested it might be "Illy-on-ah". The second (to me) sounds more
> > > familar and nicer, but I think it's the first.
> > >
> > > Just want to get some of your thoughts. Thanks for the time.
> > >
> > > -JWD
> > >
> > There is of course also the possibility of elena (ee-lay-na) who can
> > say?
>
> We'll probably never know until the movie comes out(wouldn't that be
great?)
> and they introduce Meg Ryan as Ilyena. Has there ever been a thread about
Ieeeeeek Meg is nice but too old for my taste. I would prefair Pit Sampras's
wife for Ilyena and the girl from American Beauty/Pie for Elayne.
IcyHot
Personally, I've been pronouncing it as I-lean-ah. I've also thought it
could be ill-e-nah or ill-e-en-ah. I like the first one the best
(I-lean-ah).
Glenn
Jason Denzel
> We'll probably never know until the movie comes out(wouldn't that be great?)
> and they introduce Meg Ryan as Ilyena. Has there ever been a thread about
> which actor would make a good Rand, Matt, Lan etc.?
Funny you should mention that. The reason I started this thread is
because I am directing a movie based on the prologue to EotW. (Yes,
Jordan knows about it and I've worked it all out with his legal team.
I'll give all the details in another thread sometime.) But there was
this odd point during the voice recording where we weren't sure how to
say her name. To be safe, I had him do all the lines several different
ways. And if it comes down to it, Pro Tools is an excellent sound
editing tool and we'll do what we can in post-production.
-JWD
IcyHot
> because I am directing a movie based on the prologue to EotW. (Yes,
> Jordan knows about it and I've worked it all out with his legal team.
Animated or real-life? If real-life, can you give us a bit of specifics on
set locals, actors, etc? Is IATSE involved? Just curious for I'm a medic
with IATSE Local 487.
Glenn
Jason Denzel
> set locals, actors, etc? Is IATSE involved? Just curious for I'm a medic
> with IATSE Local 487.
3D Animated. I can't give details quite yet. But they're coming. :)
Adam Maresch
Well, wow.
Look what info I shook out! I know I was stretching things a bit, but I
wasn't really EXPECTING that kind of news any time soon. I would like to
think that I can uncover all the interesting secrets with my off-the-wall
thoughts. Cool. Best of luck.
Adam Maresch
KAS
In Old English the letter y was pronounce u, but rounded, like the
vowel of rue in French. That would make it Il-u-ey-na, which just
rolls of the toungue when you say it in a loud, hopelessly insane
wail. Try it. It's fun.