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2020-09-10, 07:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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How do you pronounce oots character names?
Mines:
Roy = Roi (IPA: rɔɪ)
Elan = Allen
Haley = Hay-Lee
Vaarsuvius = Waa-Sue-Veez
Durkon = Door-Con
Belkar = Bell-Car
Xykon = Zee-Con
Redcloak = Red-Cloak
Mitd = M-I-T-D
Oona = Uhh-Nah
Greyview = Grey-View
Nale = Nail (as said in comic)
Sabine = Sa-Been
Thog = Dog with a T instead of D
Tarquin = Tar-Queen
Malack = Muh-Luck
Bozzok = Boh-Zuck
Crystal = Crystal
Thank you for all the answers in advance.Last edited by Precure; 2020-09-10 at 02:55 PM.
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2020-09-10, 07:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
I see, mine (and I understand this is controversial) are:
Roy = Roy
Elan = Elan
Haley = Haley
Vaarsuvius = Vaarsuvius
Durkon = Durkon
Belkar = Belkar
Xykon = Xykon
Redcloak = Redcloak
Mitd = M-I-T-D
Oona = Oona
Greyview = Greyview
Nale = Nale
Sabine = Sabine
Thog = Thog
Tarquin = Tarquin
Malack = Malack
Bozzok = Bozzok
Crystal = Crystal
Less tongue-in-cheek ly I can imagine three different way to pronounce « Roi » so you’re going to need another method to convey your preferred pronunciations.Last edited by Fyraltari; 2020-09-10 at 07:51 AM.
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2020-09-10, 07:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
I should have know not to ask questions in this forum, the home of "comedic geniuses."
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2020-09-10, 08:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
I mean you did type « Crystal = Crystal », so I’m not really sure what you were expecting. As I said in whitetext, you say that you pronounce Roy Roi, but since no-one here knows how you pronounce Roi*, we haven’t made much progress.
*are the o and i different syllabes? Is the i pronounced like in « fish » or like in « ion »?Forum Wisdom
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2020-09-10, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
IPA or bust
[roi̯]
[ˈelan]
[ˈhei̯li] (edit: this is a blatant lie, my brain mostly says ['hali])
[varˈsuvjus]
[ˈdurkon]
[ˈbelkar]
[ˈsai̯kon]
[ˈredˌklou̯k]
[ˈmiteğ]~[ˈmiteθ]
[ˈona]
[ˈgrei̯vju]
[nei̯l]
[saˈbin]
[θox]
[ˈtarkin]
[ˈmalak]
[ˈbosok]~[ˈboθok]
[ˈcristal]Last edited by hroşila; 2020-09-10 at 08:13 AM.
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2020-09-10, 08:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
rɔɪ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English
I'll add this later to my post as an explanation.
You mean [ɛǀæn]? Never think of that before.Last edited by Precure; 2020-09-10 at 09:19 AM.
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2020-09-10, 08:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-10, 08:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-10, 08:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
They are written in IPA
Close-mid front unrounded vowel [e] (or mid [e̞], if we want a narrower transcription) bearing the main stress
Voiced denti-alveolar lateral approximant [l]
Open front unrounded vowel [a] (or central [ä], if we want a narrower transcription)
Voiced alveolar nasal [n]
None of these vowels exist in standard English, but they're common in other languages.Last edited by hroşila; 2020-09-10 at 08:51 AM.
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2020-09-10, 08:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-10, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Oona = oh - OO - nuh
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2020-09-10, 09:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-10, 10:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Roy = Roi
Elan = Ee-len
Haley = Hay-Lee
Vaarsuvius = Var-Sue-Vee-Is (the s in is would be like in snake and not is)
Durkon =Der-Kin
Belkar = Bell-Car
Xykon = Zie-Kon
Redcloak = Red-Cloak
Mitd = monster in the darkness
Oona = Oo (as in doom) nah
Greyview = Grey-View
Nale = Nail
Sabine = Sa-Been
Thog = Dog with a Th instead of D
Tarquin = Tar-Qwin
Malack = Mah-Lick
Bozzok = Boh-Zuck
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2020-09-10, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Roy = Roy. Not an unusual name in America.
Elan = ee-LAHN. That's a long "e" with the stress on the second syllable.
Haley = HAY-lee. Also a common name in America.
Vaarsuvius = var-SOO-vee-us. Similar to "Mt. Vesuvius".
Durkon = DUR-kon. Similar to "durable"
Belkar = BELL-kar
Xykon = ZI-kon, kind of like the camera brand. Rhymes with "icon".
Oona = OO-nah. It's a real world variation on the Irish Una.
Nale = Nail
Sabine = Sah-BEAN. Real world name. There's a character in Star Wars: Rebels with the same name.
Thog = Thog. Rhymes with "dog".
Tarquin = TAR-quin.
Malack = MAL-ahk. Similar to "malice".
Bozzok = BAHZ-ock. First syllable rhymes with "Oz" as in the place Dorothy went.Last edited by Jason; 2020-09-10 at 10:25 AM.
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2020-09-10, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Roy = Roy
Elan = Fool
Haley = Hay-Lee
Vaarsuvius = Var Soo Vee Us. (but usually, now, Vee)
Durkon = Dur-Kon
Belkar = Bell-Car
Xykon = Zī-Kon
Redcloak = Just the way it looks
Mitd = Mitt Dee
Oona = OOh - Nah
Greyview = Just the way it looks
Nale = Nail
Sabine = Sah-Been
Thog = Fog with a Th
Tarquin = Tar-Kin
Malack = Mă-Lăck
Bozzok = Moe - Ron
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2020-09-10, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Now we're getting somewhere.
Here are mine:
Roy Greenhilt: [ʁoj gʁi:nilt]
Elan: [ela:n]
Haley Starshine: [hɛli staʁʃaɪn]
Belkar Bitterleaf: [bɛlkaʁ bitəʁli:f]
Durkon Allotrope Thundershield: [d̪əʁkɔn alotʁop θənd̪əʁʃi:ld̪]
Vaarsuvius: [vaaʁsɥviɥs]
Mr. Scruffy: [mistəʁ skʁəfi]
Blackwing: [blakwiŋg]
Nale: [nɛl]
Redcloak: [ʁɛd̪klo:k]
Xykon: [zaɪkɔn]
Tarquin: [taʁkin]
Sabine: [sabin]
Hinjo: [hindʒo]
Mitd: [mɔ̃nstəʁ san]
Celia: [selia]
Minrah Elle Shaleshoe: [minʁa el ʃelʃu]
Miko Miyazaki: [miko miazaki]
Thog: [θog]
Beatrix "Bandana" Secundus: [beatʁiks bɑ̃nd̪ana sekundus]
Malack: [malak]
Zz'dtri: [choking sounds]
O-Chul: [otʃul]
Hilgya Firehelm: [hilʒia faɪəʁelm]
Qarr: [kaʁʁ]
Lien: [lien]
Thor: [θoʁ]
Shojo: [ʃodʒo]
Daigo Kato: [d̪aɪgo kato]
Sigdi Thundershield: [sigd̪i θənd̪əʁʃi:ld̪]
Eugene greenhilt: [əʒen gʁi:nilt]
"Andi" Andromeda: [ɑ̃nd̪i ɑ̃nd̪ʁomeda]
Gontor Hammerfell: [gɔ̃ntoʁ haməʁfel]
Tsukiko: [tsukiko]
Ian Starshine: [aɪan staʁʃaɪn]
Kilkil: [kilkil]
Gannji: [gandʒi]
Kudzu: [kud̪zu]
Kazumi Kato: [kad̪zumi kato]
Carol: [kaʁol]
Crystal: [kʁistal]
Enor: [enoʁ]
I know, it's a godawful mix of pronunciations at best and sometimes (like for V) I don't even try.
EDIT: As for the stresses, I either completely forget about them or default to the last syllable.Last edited by Fyraltari; 2020-09-10 at 10:55 AM.
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2020-09-10, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Zz'dtri. Uh, maybe "zz-duh-TREE?" Hopefully he really is dead this time and it won't come up again.
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2020-09-10, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Assuming a willingness to entertain second-hand comments:
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2020-09-10, 11:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-10, 01:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
In support of that later on in that topic he doesn't contradict those when he says:
I have not corrected the quotes to leave it as it currently appears.
Opposed to it he does indicate that Nale is NAYL rather then NAIL here:
For myself I don't pronounce them I just read them and don't really associate sounds to them (never really have associated names or sounds with text really unless I need to read alond for some reason).
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2020-09-10, 03:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-11, 03:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Ho do you proounce oots character names?
Thing is, the « Elan’s mom misses her lost nail » and « Thog help nail Not-Nail, not Nail, by helping Nale, not Not-Nale leave Not-Nale in jail » dialogs suggest that « Nale » is pronounced juste like « nail » and that when the giant wrote « NAYL » that was what he was trying to convey.
In other words:
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2020-09-11, 04:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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2020-09-11, 04:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do you pronounce oots character names?
Nah, The Giant is consistently saying that Nale is pronounced NAIL/NAYL/nail/[neɪ̯l]. AY and AI are pronounced the same in presumably every dialect of English except in the exclamation ay, and being illiterate has no bearing on your ability (or lack thereof) to reproduce a name you hear every day. And that still doesn't address why Nale's mom would pronounce it exactly like nail.
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2020-09-12, 03:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do you pronounce oots character names?
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/'ɛla:n 'bɛlka:r 'durkon 'va:rsu:vius 'neil 'ksikon 'tarkʷin 'sabi:n 'hindʒo: 'minra 'miko: 'mijazaki 'tog 'malak(:) 'o: 'tʃu:l 'hilgʲa 'kar: 'liɛn 'ʃodʒo: 'daigo: 'sigdi 'gon(:)tor 'vɛldri:na 'tsukiko: 'kilkil 'gan:dʒi 'kudzu 'kazumi 'ɛ:nor 'sɛdrik 'ni:ro: 'jikjik 'jokjok 'jukjuk 'jasinda 'dʒiriks 'ho: 'tanh 'niu 'boz:ok: 'jor 'pompɛi 'doruka:n 'li:riən 'su:n 'ʒirard 'seri:ni 'kra:gor 'inki:rius 'kubota/
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2020-09-12, 08:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do you pronounce oots character names?
Roy = Roi
Elan = Not-Nale
Haley = Hay-Lee
Vaarsuvius = Vee
Durkon = D'rkon
Belkar = Bell-Car
Xykon = Zigh-con
Redcloak = Wrong-eye
Mitd = Monster-san
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2020-09-12, 10:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How do you pronounce oots character names?
Roy = Ross
Haley = Monica
Durkon = Joey
Belkar = Chandler
Vaarsuvius = Rachel
Elan = Phoebe
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