How do you pronounce them?
 

These are my guesses. I hope the devs will respond.

Abysia: Ah-biss-ee-ah
Atlantis: At-lan-tiss
Pythium: Pith-ee-um
Man: lol
Ulm: heheh
C'tis: Seh-Tiss
Arcoscephale: Arr-Kose-Keh-Fale
Caelum: Kay-Lum
Ermor: Err-More
Marignon: Marig-non
Pangaea: Pan-jee-ah
Vanheim: Van-heem
Jotunheim: Joh-Tun-Heem
R'lyeh: have no clue
Mictlan: Mick-tlan
T'ien Ch'i: Tyen-Chee
Machaka: Mah-chaka


So Devs, what do you think?

[ November 27, 2003, 00:11: Message edited by: Argitoth ]

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Id go with Arrr-kosee-Fale (the sc seems just s to me)
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Pan-jay-ah
Van-hime
Jotun-hime

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Arr-lee-ah

[quote]
Mictlan: Mick-tlan
T'ien Ch'i: Tyen-Chee
Machaka: Mah-chaka
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Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

Pangaea I pronounce

"Pan-gee-uh"

or

"Pan-gay-ah"

But that is from the root word on both of them.

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

Edit: stupid thing takes out my brackets.

Abysia: ah-BISS-ee-ah

C'tis: k (glottal stop) TISS

Arcoscephale: ARR-kos-seh-PHAH-leh (but you're probably right that the 'c' should be hard)

Marignon: mar-ee-NYONH (nh being nazalized n)...this is France, after all

Pangaea: pan-GAY-ah

Vanheim: VAN-haym

R'lyeh: rrr (glottal stop) lll YEH (easy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif )

[ November 27, 2003, 01:05: Message edited by: Raen ]

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

Daione Sidhe?

Daoine - tay-own? thay-own? . . . ?
Sidhe - shee

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">DEE-nah SHEE.

The Celtic Languages may be the most beautiful there ever were. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">DEE-nah SHEE.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I was just off checking my CJ Cherryh collection for her view which is very close to yours:
"thee na Shee"

She states that the word means "the People of Peace . . . Often powers felt to be dangerous and perhaps ill-wishing are named by names quite contrary to their nature." She goes on to say that the term Sidhe can be used for many kinds of creatures but the Daoine Sidhe are the highest of their kind. This is a somewhat different take on the Sidhe to the approach of Illwinter but stil informative.

Cheers

Keir

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

The way I say the ones that are different.
Arcoscephale: Arr-Ko-Sef-ah-lee
Marignon: Mare-in-yon (French nasal sounding end)
Vanheim: Van-hime
Jotunheim: Joh-Tun-Hime
R'lyeh: Rye-luh, but err-la-yay could also work

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

I don't know who CJ Cherryh is, but her view is incorrect.

Gaelic Languages inflect the prefix for case, so your example of "thee na shee" would likely mean something like "of Daione Sidhe." DEE-nah SHEE is the nominative.

The spelling to incorporate what you suggest would be "Dhaione Sidhe." (note the 'h')

Fact remains, only Erse and Scots Gaelic can win the prize for obscure spellings of beautiful words http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .

Re: How do you pronounce them?
 

C'tis: Sih-tiss
Arcoscephale: Ar-co-seh-fah-lee (or possibly ar-co-se-fail)
Caelum: Kaye-Lum (kaye as in "aye" or "eye")
Marignon: Mar-ij-non (I always say "Marjinon", though)
Pangaea: Pan-jee-yuh
Vanheim: Van-hiym (long "i", like "hi" with an "m")
Jotunheim: Joh-tun-hiym
R'lyeh: Rye-lee (like the name Riley; could be rye-leh, though)
T'ien Ch'i: Tee-yen Chee (longer stop between the two words)

Otherwise, I agree with Argitoth.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I've studied too much Japanese. The way I would pronounce your phonetic spellings are "Van-hee-may" and "Joh-tun-hee-may" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ November 27, 2003, 02:58: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]