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

[ex-drashizu726.livejournal.com]

I usually say teh-LAY-us (soft e on the first syllable) and REH-lee-us (soft e, again, on the first syllable). I used to pronounce Teleus so it rhymed with Relius but then decided that if they rhymed, they'd look the same on the page, so I changed it. It should probably be TEEL-ee-us, but at the time that didn't occur to me, just like it didn't occur to me that phonetically, REEL-ih-yus makes more sense. I like my tehLAYus and REHleeus. :)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I like my tehLAYus and REHleeus.

So do I. That's not how I've been saying Teleus, but I think your way makes more sense. And sounds better.