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RE: How Do You Say That? - K'nahli - 05-21-2015
(05-21-2015, 10:48 AM)Gegenji Wrote:(05-21-2015, 10:38 AM)K'nahli Wrote: Altogether, phonetically it would sound more or less like:
"Ki-na-lee" or "Kih-nah-lee".
Meanwhile, the "correct" version would be:
"Coo-na-lee" or "Coo-nah-lee"
You're pretty Coo', Nahli.
Ughhhhhhh! Okay, I admit... that made me laugh.... (_ _) ;;;;;
RE: How Do You Say That? - Nicholas Graveshire - 05-21-2015
Nick is a pretty easy name. I struggle with some other things. I used to pronounce La Noscea as La No-See-Ah and now it's La No-sha.
RE: How Do You Say That? - Clover - 05-21-2015
K'mih is pronounced like Japanese Kumi (like Koda Kumi).
I don't know much about English, but I think English speakers write that sound as "coo"? That's how Japanese people said that K was pronounced for miqo'te tribes, so yes.
Mih is just a normal English "me".
(I don't really know much about English pronunciation. Both in Spanish and Japanese, things simply sound as you write them, so merely writing Kumi is crystal clear to me).
RE: How Do You Say That? - K'nahli - 05-21-2015
(05-21-2015, 10:55 AM)Nicholas Graveshire Wrote: Nick is a pretty easy name. I struggle with some other things. I used to pronounce La Noscea as La No-See-Ah and now it's La No-sha.
What? I pronounce the former too...
RE: How Do You Say That? - Clover - 05-21-2015
(05-21-2015, 10:58 AM)K Wrote:(05-21-2015, 10:55 AM)Nicholas Graveshire Wrote: Nick is a pretty easy name. I struggle with some other things. I used to pronounce La Noscea as La No-See-Ah and now it's La No-sha.
What? I pronounce the former too...
It's ラノシア in Japanese, so the former seems the correct pronunciation (unless I'm simply mistaking what "La-No-See-Ah" is supposed to sound like. As I said, I don't really know about English sounds).
RE: How Do You Say That? - Miko Shiroi - 05-21-2015
My main RPC, K'heyo Tia, probably is mispronounced fairly often. Heck, even I was mispronouncing his name at first!
I initially picked the spelling because I thought it was cool and thought it was pronounced "Key-oh". However, after doing some research on Miqo'te name conventions, I found out that it's actually pronounced "KOO-hey-oh." Go figure.
RE: How Do You Say That? - Sodium Chloride - 05-22-2015
An old character I used to play was Sysion, which I had originally intended to be SIH-zhun, rhyming with Fission.
Almost everyone ended up pronouncing it CY-sun or CY-see-un though.
It was a weird name/sound to hear in raid callouts.
RE: How Do You Say That? - Uther - 05-22-2015
My alt, Eko Tenok, seems to get people.
A lot of people say Echo, it's actually EE-koh Teh-nock.
And the pronunciation gets weirder in his own tongue. That's on his wiki though. (Ay-ee-koh-t'-thenn-oh-ack... one word)
My main, Uther Skystrider, is pretty straightforward.Â
My last character, who I never really play, Wart Totonji is also pretty obvious. To clarify, it's Toe-tone-jee.
RE: How Do You Say That? - Lilia Lia - 05-22-2015
It seems straight-forward but it's not pronounced "lily-ah" since the name is based on phonetic repetition, so it's more like "lee lee ah lee ah."Â So the first two syllables rhyme with "Feely" not "Billy."Â
りり゠り� I think that's right. Wikipedia is my source.