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Pronouncing Lothere names
Submitted by Lea on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 05:24.
Since I'm jumping in with both feet around here, I figured that I'd go ahead and ask a question that's been on my mind since the beginning:
How are most of these names pronounced?
I've seem some posts here and there about it, but only enough to convince me that I'm definitely doing it wrong. It might be too late now--the bad ways are probably imprinted on my brain--but it never hurts to ask, right?
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The one that took me by
Submitted by Joseph on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 13:40.The one that took me by surprise was Egelric
I thought it was pronounced
E-gel-ric
it's actually pronounced
Ege-wick
I'm sure there's a blog post somewhere on this.
*goes off to look for it*
Found it
http://www.lothere.com/verso/page/23
Hope it helps
Iylaine is pronounced
Submitted by Bekky on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 14:03.Iylaine is pronounced ee-laine I think, but out of habit I still pronounce it eye-laine...
Well that Verso post pretty much has all the other names, but I find myself pronouncing half of those wrongly anyway
Well, I'm embarrassed. I
Submitted by Lea on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 15:25.Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Just for you, Lea, I added
Submitted by Lothere on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 16:37.Just for you, Lea,
I added a new page with an up-to-date list of pronunciations:
Pronunciation Guide
I also added a link to the Pronunciation Guide in the footer, in the "Links" section.
Wow. Thank you. Now I'll
Submitted by Lea on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 18:21.Wow. Thank you.
Now I'll just have to see if I can break bad habits and read things correctly. (Probably not--but at least I'll know the right way.)
OMG I've been pronouncing
Submitted by Devin on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 18:23.OMG I've been pronouncing Aia and Sela's names wrong.