How do you pronounce Elan's name?

[Selif]

I personally, pronounce it "ee-lan". but I have heard other people pronounce it "e-laan". In english, the second sylable should be pronounced long, but english is known to have exceptions to everything.

Thoughts?

-Selif

[Aron Times]

I pronounce it close to "Ellen". E-lan. Just the way it's spelled.

[DBJack]

I pronounce it Ellen myself, but according to a post the Giant made last year that I couldn't find, it's pronounced ee-lin

[CWater]

I pronounce it e-laan. With the same kind of "e" as in the name Emily.

[ScottishDragon]

I pronounce it (eee-laan)
Btw do I pronounce vaarsuvius wrong?
hmm I pronounce everything right 'cept elan.
(varsooveus)

[Jokasti]

I pronounce it eh-lan

[Hazkali]

Another one who pronounces it similar to Ellen (Ell-an).

[licoot]

I pronounce it eh-lan
i pronounce it like that as well

[Ancalagon]

Could not find the original topic but this the Official Pronounciation Guide (TM)



EE-lin
HAY-lee
vahr-SOOV-ee-us
DUHR-kon
ROY
BELL-karr
ZYE-kon
NAIL
sa-BEEN
THOG
YIK YIK
ZIZ-di-tree
HILL-gee-ya
DOOR-oo-kon

[Kobold-Bard]

Could not find the original topic but this the Official Pronounciation Guide (TM)

So close. I get them all right except for Elan (eh-lan)

[tribble]

can we do those little upside down e things, schwas, on this board?
e-l[schwa]n

[Gift Jeraff]

Ellen and EE-lin are the only ones that roll off my tongue nicely without sounding like 'Elaine.'

[Optimystik]

I pronounce it "EEE-lawn"

[Selif]

Thank you Ancalagon, this is exactly what I was looking for. I am guessing that this is what DBJack was referencing earlier.

-Selif

[tassaron]

I just pronounce it like "Ellen", even though I know that's wrong.

[PallElendro]

I pronounce it (e-laan).

[Hazyshade]

Eh-LAN, like the word élan, which is where I always assumed his name came from.

[CrimsonAngel]

I say Eh-lan. I used to pronounce it like Ellen.

[Conuly]

I agree with Sushi_Monster. By the time I saw the official pronunciation guide it was too late to change my habit.

Fun fact: My older niece is in first grade with a kid called Elan. I don't know how he pronounces his name, though.

[Teleporker]

We're forgetting the party's opinion in the matter:

:haley: pronounces it "Honey".
:belkar: pronounces it "Loser".
:durkon: just sticks "Lad" to anything, so it's not even pronunciation.
:vaarsuvius: pronounces it "Buffoon".
:roy: pronounces it "DAMN IT".

And if :xykon: knew it was Elan that blew Durokan's gate, he'd remember Elan's name, much to Roy's anger and frustration.

[Katana_Geldar]

I pronounce it Eh-lan as it's the same as the word (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elan) which fits Elan to a T.

[waterpenguin43]

I pronounce Elan Eh-laan.
I pronounce Vaarsuvius V-aar-sou-vee-uss.

[Aerysil]

Eee-lan.

(meeting character count!)

[Draconi Redfir]

i always pronounce it:


ee-lane

[Occasional Sage]

Like Katana Geldar, I pronounce it just like the word (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elan), and presume that The Giant had a neighbor kid make the Official Guide but he got it wrong for this one.

[zimmerwald1915]

No joke, there is a guy in one of my classes named "Elan", who pronounces his name "Ey-lahn". Don't know if this is relevant, as the character Elan might pronounce his name entirely differently.

[Durgok]

Eee-lan.

(meeting character count!)

This is how I pronounce it as well.

[Cisturn]

Eee-lawn, i know i'm wrong but i dont care

[B.I.T.T.]

I've been pronouncing it "E-lan", like the "e" in e-mail and the "Lan" rhyming with the "han" in Han Solo.

Once I pronounced it "Selfcontainedunderwaterbreathingapparatice" but that was after, like, 5 cups of coffee at a Starbucks.

[Creed]

"el" like "El Toro" and "an" like "an apple"

[Degnared]

I'm never quite sure how to read "EE-lin", but my best guess, and the way I was already pronouncing it, is like eel-in. Like, "Waiter, there's an eel in my soup."

[Scarlet Knight]

Well, yes, it's spelled Elan but it's pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove...

:smallwink:

[TriForce]

Eh-LAN, like the word élan, which is where I always assumed his name came from.

same here, it might be the giants character, but i honestly have no idea how something spelled elan, could be pronounced EE-lin

[Selif]

same here, it might be the giants character, but i honestly have no idea how something spelled elan, could be pronounced EE-lin
I believe that phonetically, his name would be pronounced "Eh-lawn" or "El-awn", but in english, the second to the last sylable has a long vowel (who comes up with these stupid rules?), so his name would be pronounced "Ee-lehn". I would guess that the Giant spelled it "ee-lin" just to illustrate better how it was pronounced.

-Selif

[Nimrod's Son]

There's an audio interview with Rich kicking around somewhere on the net, and he pronounces it as in "New Zealand".

[Lycan 01]

Before I read this thread, eh-lan. Now, it keeps switching between eh-lan and ee-lan when I read it.

[doodthedud]

Before I read this thread, eh-lan. Now, it keeps switching between eh-lan and ee-lan when I read it.


EE- LAN



like, LAN party, yes I'm a nerd.

Tat's how i always pronounced it, never thought about if i was wrong. Glad I got most of them right.

[Selene]

There's an audio interview with Rich kicking around somewhere on the net, and he pronounces it as in "New Zealand".

Yep, I can confirm this. I've heard that interview, too. Wish I could remember where we found it.


I pronounce it "EEE-lawn"

So do I. I have a Massachusetts accent. :smalltongue:

[Zeta Kai]

can we do those little upside down e things, schwas, on this board?
e-l[schwa]n

Yəs, yəs you can.

[TheBlackShadow]

I've always pronounced it (or pronounced it in my head) as "Ey-luhn" or sometimes "Ey-lahn".

I think the word "elan" is French in origin, so I kept the original french pronounciation but anglified the second syllable slightly so that the "n" is heard clearly rather than implied, otherwise it would be sort of like "ey-luh'/ey-lah'"

[Nimrod's Son]

I originally imagined it as being the same as the word "élan", but having heard Rich say it himself, I prefer his version. It just sounds more like a name that way - it's like the name Ian, only with an L in it.

[turkishvan2]

I pronounce it EE-lin. It just sounds the most European to me and I imagine that if the OotS characters were real nationalities, he would be from Europe.

[Bongos]

I pronounce it "EEE-lawn"
+1. I don't get the EE-lin "official" pronunciation.


We're forgetting the party's opinion in the matter:

:haley: pronounces it "Honey".
:belkar: pronounces it "Loser".
:durkon: just sticks "Lad" to anything, so it's not even pronunciation.
:vaarsuvius: pronounces it "Buffoon".
:roy: pronounces it "DAMN IT".

And if :xykon: knew it was Elan that blew Durokan's gate, he'd remember Elan's name, much to Roy's anger and frustration.

...and this thread has a WINNER!

[Kondziu]

I pronounce it EE-lin. It just sounds the most European to me and I imagine that if the OotS characters were real nationalities, he would be from Europe.

Being from Europe, "EE-lin" doesn't sound any Europe-ish to me. I personally pronounce it as either "E-lan" (as in "New Zealand") or "Eh-lan" (as in "Élan").

Could the first link here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Burlew#Interviews_with_Rich_Burlew) be the interview in question?

[Kish]

+1. I don't get the EE-lin "official" pronunciation.
Dunno why the air quotes, but...you have an orange halfling?

[Maxios]

I say it like (E-LAN). :elan:

[Bongos]

Dunno why the air quotes, but...you have an orange halfling?
Air quotes are "fun".
uh, I had to leave out a word..."inappropriate for forum"...
and ":smallwink:"

[kpenguin]

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