How Do You Say That?

[Miko Shiroi]

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.

[Sodium Chloride]

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.

[Grott]

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. 

 

My last character, who I never really play, Wart Totonji is also pretty obvious. To clarify, it's Toe-tone-jee.

[Lilia Lia]

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."  So the first two syllables rhyme with "Feely" not "Billy." 

 

りりあ りあ?  I think that's right.  Wikipedia is my source.