I heard someone on a podcast pronounce Vargr as "Varge". Everyone I've ever met has prnounced it "Var-Ger".
Which is right, and how do you pronounce other names?
Which is right, and how do you pronounce other names?
How do you pronounce various race names.
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Vargr is an old Norse word, meaning wolf, evil doer, or destroyer.
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I was stunned when MWM revealed ( over a recording of a talk he'd given at a gamer conference ) the correct pronunciation of "Zhodani." I'd been doing it differently for a long time.
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I would say Zoe-dawn-ee.
Zoe, as in Show, but with a Z.
Or, maybe that first syllable would be better spelled phonetically as Zhoa, like Whoa, but with a Z. (Zoe could be said as "Zoh-ee," which is not what I'm trying to say).
I think the correct way to pronounce the names of the races are hidden in the tables for their language.
So, let's check the Zhodani with the way I've been saying it.
Zh - Initial consonant as in measure
o - vowel as in go
d - as in doll
a - as in lock
n - final consonant as in can
i - vowel as in kit
I'd say I'm pronouncing it according to the CT Zhodani AM rules.
How does Marc say it?
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The new Disney show, That's So Dani.
You generally assume that for a made up term, it's generally pronounced as it's written.
You generally assume that for a made up term, it's generally pronounced as it's written.
Thanks. In the same podcast he has a female actress (British) say a line "Right under the navee's nose."
She meant "navy", but pronounced it "Nah-vee", plural form. I wonder if that's a British pronunciation, or if it's just her character's accent.
He also pronounces Droyne as "Drine".
Sup-4; yeah, that's how I've been saying Zhodani.
She meant "navy", but pronounced it "Nah-vee", plural form. I wonder if that's a British pronunciation, or if it's just her character's accent.
He also pronounces Droyne as "Drine".
Sup-4; yeah, that's how I've been saying Zhodani.
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Condottiere neatly explained it with the phrase That's So Dani".
Say it quickly a few times and then drop the word that leaving only " 's So Dani".
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That's the way Marc says it, though? Or the way Condottiere says it?
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It's the funniest variant that I had thought of.
The other would be the new Kryptonian villain, "Bow before Zod-Daw-Nee."
The other would be the new Kryptonian villain, "Bow before Zod-Daw-Nee."
As Ararmis says; when I describe it I use the "g" sound in the word "luge," the Olympic sport where you hurl down an iced chute on the tiniest of sleds, on your back.
I know that must be the right way, but I can't do it
In my Traveller universe, it's Zoh-dahn-ee.
I know that must be the right way, but I can't do it
In my Traveller universe, it's Zoh-dahn-ee.
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Var-zur?
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Rarr-grrr?
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Rarr-grrr?
That's hilarious! :rofl:
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I say thee neigh.
Who else to extol the virtues of a vegetarian lifestyle, but the crusaders of Cookery.
Who else to extol the virtues of a vegetarian lifestyle, but the crusaders of Cookery.
žo-dan-ee
vär-ger
ăz-lăn
kǝ-kree (The glottal is outside my comfort zone.)
sō-lō-mä-nē
drōyǐn (heavily elided to be a one beat vowel.)
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