How Do You Say That?

[Ignacius]

We all come up with our own names and elements in the course of RP, but I often found it fascinating how different people read names I come up with.  I had a character in WoW named Zumoktaga, and people tended to shorten it to "Zumo" and, I found, pronounced it the same way you'd pronounce "sumo".  But in longform, it always was pronounce ZOO-mock-TAH-gah.

 

Now, some names, such as my alt Clayborne Turk, get pronounced correctly, but last night, and after only having been returned for a short while, I actually found out my characters name was being understandably mispronounced.  Do any of you have any names or backstory elements and how do you pronounce them?

 

For the record, Orleans Ignacius is actually pronounced:  OR-lay-awns ig-NAY-see-us.

[cuideag]

I've been called Deli Aisle for years, but it's really just Deh-LIE-al.

 

Jajara's been pretty easy for folks. Did get asked once if it was supposed to be pronounced Hahara, though.

[Gegenji]

My Lala names are pretty easy, I think? Since they're named after the Cha-Cha and Go-Go dancing respectively. Most of the issues, if any, would be when it flows into the last part of the name. Also, I suppose one would have to wonder if it's a "geh" or a "jeh" sound on the last name for both.

 

Cha-CHAN-jee and Go-GONE-jee Geh-GEN-jee

 

Shortening their names (Chachan and Gogon) follow the same pronunciation. Just dropping the "jee."

 

Judge's name is pronounced Jurr-RED-this. Of course, everyone just refers to him as Judge or The Judge. So, pronouncing it might not be as necessary. :lol:

[Cliodhna Eoghan]

a lot of people shorten the first name to just clio and i get it shorter to type and all ;3 but i've actually had a few look at it and go "htf do you say that?" (either in or ooc )

most popular i've heard is "kle-o-da-nah" but it's a gaelic name so with their rules applied; it's "KLEE-u-nah"

 

not really a made up name, but still confusing enough for people when the attempt the long form.

[Unnamed Mercenary]

Before I started RPing, I had this miqo'te male named Frhanz'ir Kirche. ...not exactly the more lore-complient family name, but the given name seemed to work well enough.....until people tried to actualy pronounce it during raids.

 

It usually went something like this.

"Furaah- Fraaahhuunnzzzzuh"

"Fraaaanzurr"

"fuck it."

"We're calling you by your IRL name now. It's too hard to say your name."

 

Eventually, I just told them to use "Franz" which somehow made it easier. I guess that extra "h" and the "ir" made it difficult somehow.

 

Once I started to get into RP, I had a fantasia leftover from the 1.0 -> 2.0 migration, but there was no way to properly namechange. So I became an oddly-named Elezen, going by "Frhanz Kirche". He just always said his parents were really eccentric when they named him, hoping that at least on his birth certificate, something more normal like "Francois" was used.

 

The way the name was pronounced was Franz, where the a was like "can't" and Kirche which was more like "kirsh".

 

When that character met his untimely demise to now named Franz nil Renatus, this Franz took on the Elezen's given name, modifying it a little bit. It now should should more Germanic to fit in with pretending to be a Highlander, prnounced similarly to "Hans" where the "a" sounds should be similar to the vowel in "pot". This Franz never gives out the rest of his name because >Garleans.

[Steel Wolf]

Introducing my character as Sthalwilf Haemrstymmwyn has always been a good "opener" for me, as the responses of people trying to pronounce the Roegadyn language has always been fun. It also opens up conversation pretty well most times. :3

[Gegenji]

Sthalwilf Haemrstymmwyn

 

Stall-wilf Hammers-time-win, obviously.

[Cliodhna Eoghan]

Introducing my character as Sthalwilf Haemrstymmwyn has always been a good "opener" for me, as the responses of people trying to pronounce the Roegadyn language has always been fun. It also opens up conversation pretty well most times. :3

>.> *stares*

"sthl-wulf .....hem-ryst-mem-win"

....how far off was i?

[Brynhilde]

As stated on Bryn's wiki, if you wanted to be really, really correct, Bryn's name would be pronounced

 

"Breen-HILL-d' Voolf." With the 'R' rolled for a half second.

 

So few non-Mhigan Eorzeans can pronounced it right, though, so generally Bryn doesn't make a fuss about it being, "Brin Wulf."

[Melodia]

Mel's is pretty easy, so don't get many mispronunciations.

 

Meh-low-dee-uh  Jahnz

 

[Brynhilde]

Introducing my character as Sthalwilf Haemrstymmwyn has always been a good "opener" for me, as the responses of people trying to pronounce the Roegadyn language has always been fun. It also opens up conversation pretty well most times. :3

>.> *stares*

"sthl-wulf .....hem-ryst-mem-win"

....how far off was i?

 

The pronunciation of Roegadyn names follows generally Nordic rules, so it'd be

 

"Stahl-vilf Haemr-steem-veen."

[Nataru]

Nah-tah-roo :3 Most just skip it and go the Nat route or pronounce it Nata-roo

[Cliodhna Eoghan]

 

The pronunciation of Roegadyn names follows generally Nordic rules, so it'd be

 

"Stahl-vilf Haemr-steem-veen."

ty, wasn't aware of that buuut that's still complicated looking so ima stick to "steel"

[FreelanceWizard]

So, L'yhta (LEE-tah -- pretty simple, really ) got sufficiently tired of people mispronouncing her name in various and fun ways, so she started going by Lyta (lie-TUH) to make it easier on people. Most people don't abbreviate it further, since it's only two syllables.

 

Funny enough, some people do insist on calling her Yhta (EE-tah) despite her fervent requests not to. If she doesn't consider you a close friend or family, or you're not using her formal address in the Tower, she doesn't want you to drop that tribal letter, as she considers it part of proper polite conversational distance. As it turns out, you can take the miqo'te out of the tribe, but you can't entirely take the tribe out of the miqo'te.

[ProvaDiServo]

With a name like Steve, no one ever has to mispronounce.

 

8-)

[Edda]

 

 

ms-wv3UQwu0

 

 

NGL I find it pretty irritating when random PvEers say "EE-da." Like "eatda hoagie." Last name is pretty straightforward, only part people switch up is "tine" and "teen" for the last syllable (it's "teen").

[GloryRhodes]

Spahro Llorn = Sparrow Lowrn

 

Alienne Sandraix = Alien Sahndray

[Kage]

Kage is a weaboo who only wanted to PVE and play the game and Kage is a handle I've used for... 10? years now, or at least various forms of it (OokamiKage, thekage, ExKage, ExpiaKage, etc).

 

So then I found out about RP and I never did find a way to be lore compliant and everyone ran with his name so it never became too much of an issue.

 

Other than questions of "Related to s-CRY-ed?"

I say yes, even though it's not because I will love anyone who likes s-CRY-ed.

 

"Kage Kiryuu" - Kah-gay Keer-yuuu

 

No it's not Cage like Johnny Cage... or Nic Cage. >.<

 

EDIT: NO IT IS NOT CAR-GAY. I AM NOT A GAY CAR.

[Maril]

Contrary to popular belief, Nailah's name has nothing to do with nails. So it's Nai-Lah with pressure on the L. For my two tribal cats, it's Lee-MaKa (L'maqa) and Lee-Ness-Ah (L'nessa).

[Erik Mynhier]

Air-Reek-Ear

Lu-Me-Air

Mean-Air

[Hammersmith]

Ham

Ham ham

Ham-smith

Ham-taro

Hamwich

Hammershit

(One of these names is not like the other)

[D'aito Kuji]

Using the traditional accent of the Dodo tribe that D'aito Kuji hails from, her name is pronounced:

 

Deh [super quick pause] A - Eye - Toe - Koo - Gee.

 

The given name and the Sire's name should run together and sound almost like a single name.  This pronunciation makes it a little different than the Japanese Buddist temple I named her after.

 

Outside of her tribe, people tend to simplify her name, pronouncing it:

 

Day-Toe

 

She doesn't mind this and is sometimes genuinely startled and impressed when she encounters someone who gets it right.

 

While she is thankful for her Sire, D'aito will generally correct anyone who tries to use Kuji in replacement for her given name, the exception being her superiors in the Maelstrom.

[Zyrusticae]

Miqo'te names are pretty straightforward, though not as straightforward as Lalafell names. It's really only the Elezen and Roegadyn names where you get the really strange and hard-to-pronounce stuff.

 

For the record, T'rahnu Ihka is pronounced Tuh-ra-(short hiss)-nu Ee-(short hiss)-ka. No stresses on any of the syllables, just one smooth run from beginning to end. Of course, the hisses would be omitted for any non-Miqo'te speakers.

[Chris Ganale]

I actually run into a problem in my own group over R'tahz's name with a few of them when said over voice. They have a tendency to pronounce it 'Tazz' as said in Tasmania, but I've treated it as...well...the way it's spelled, with the shorter 'ah' sound.

 

Seno also has had a few troubles from time to time. I've heard people pronounce his name "See-no" when it's said "Say-no". Which is probably not how you're supposed to pronounce a Japanese name structured like that but I don't care.

[RiniKett]

La-Rin-he K-ett

 

Rin-ee