Pronunciations?

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I think there was a topic like this a while ago, but I figured since there are new people, and since we're all doing the read aloud thing, it might be fun to bring up again.

So, how do you pronounce certain words and names in the books? And maybe you could tell where you live as well, because accents might play into it. It think it would be interesting to see all the different ways that people pronounce things.

Eugenides: yoo-jen-EYE-dees
Magus: MAY-jus
Attolia: ah-TOLL-ee-ah
Eddis: EE-dis
Sounis: SOO-nis
Nahuseresh: na-HOO-ser-esh

And more that I can't think of, I'm sure.

Comments

[fizzko.livejournal.com]

I'm sorta new, never introduced myself, so...yes.

Eugenides: Yoo-JEN-eye-dehs

Same as you for Magus, Attolia, Eddis, Sounis, and Nahuseresh.

What about Ambiades? I've always said "Ahm-bee-AH-dehs".

[jadelennox]

I assume that the names that are spelled as if they are Greek should be pronounced as if they are Greek, even though the mapping of the world onto Greece isn't perfect. So those final "des" in Eugenides and Ambiades are "deez".

[fizzko.livejournal.com]

I thought about that, but not until later when I'd already been saying "des" for a year or two. ;) Oh well.

[jadelennox]

Though take that "should" with a grain of salt. Ursula LeGuin says that "Ged" is pronounced with a soft "G", but I still won't pronounce it that way. *g*

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