Bo-heen or Boffin?

[SpaceBadger]

Boughene (Spinward Marches 1904): How do you pronounce that? Bo-heen? Boffin? Something else?

 

[Murphy]

Bow-Gene?

 

[Spinward Scout]

I've always pronounced it Bowg-heen. Bow as in bow-tie, not bow as in a bow of a ship.

 

[leo knight]

In my head, I always though "Boo-Geen", with a harg "G" on the second syllable. Hukt on fonix wurkt for me.

 

[aramis]

bow-zheen.
Or in Russian-Cyrillic (because it's more accurate): божинь

 

[FreeTrav]

Boo-XEEN, where the X is actually pronounced like the 'soft' ch in German 'ich', rather than the 'hard' ch in 'achtung'.

 

[Carlobrand]

Bow zheen

 

[Jame]

In my head, I always though "Boo-Geen", with a harg "G" on the second syllable. Hukt on fonix wurkt for me.

Like this, except without the huuchd awn fawneechs.

 

[Ishmael]

This may offer clues.

http://www.houseofnames.com/boughene-family-crest

Boyg-he-ne ?

 

[whulorigan]

This may offer clues.

http://www.houseofnames.com/boughene-family-crest

Boyg-he-ne ?

I would think that the statement on the webpage under Boughene Early Origins:

" . . . The spelling variations of the name Boughene have included Bowen, Bowne, Bowan, Bowin, Bowene, Bowane and many more."

would render the most likely pronunciation something like "Boe-heen", "Boe-hane" or "Bowyn" (not accounting for an additional 3000 years of future phonetic drift, of course).

 

[Ishmael]

I would think that the statement on the webpage under Boughene Early Origins:

would render the most likely pronunciation something like "Boe-heen", "Boe-hane" or "Bowyn" (not accounting for an additional 3000 years of future phonetic drift, of course).

Which would give a valid excuse to pronounce 'Boughene' pretty much any way that seems okay to your players. PC's that say its pronounced differently must be using a different dialect, spelling, etc.

 

[Jame]

Which would give a valid excuse to pronounce 'Boughene' pretty much any way that seems okay to your players. PC's that say its pronounced differently must be using a different dialect, spelling, etc.

Which you can use for any world, though occasionally pulling the agitated native who starts a fight over "NO! it's pronounced THISWAYYOUDUMBOFFWORLDER!!!!!!!!!" *punchpunchwithpunchpunch* when it's convenient. :devil:

 

[Hemdian]

I'm tempted to say it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove", but more seriously I think it's "baa-ren".

 

[saundby]

Dang. And I've been pronouncing it "Raymond Luxury Yacht" all these years.

 

[Chuck Anumia]

Different

Boughene (Spinward Marches 1904): How do you pronounce that? Bo-heen? Boffin? Something else?

I was under the impression it would be pronounced like the old family name "Bow - When"?

 

[Jame]

Actually, I realized that I really pronounced it "Boo Geene."