When I first got the game, I thought it was fur-crag, and the "Fir" was like a fir tree. He apparently pronounce it "fire-crag" himself, which makes me wonder why it doesn't have an "e" in it.
When I first got the game, I thought it was fur-crag, and the "Fir" was like a fir tree. He apparently pronounce it "fire-crag" himself, which makes me wonder why it doesn't have an "e" in it.
Next name: Melf's Minute Meteors
that's exactly how i used to pronounce it because i thought the same thing, until you meet lord jierken ( or however the holme's name is spelled ) and then he pronounces it "properly"
and with MMM
i remember back in the day i used to pronounce it as: melfs min-ut meet-ee-ores, and i thought to myself why the hell is the word "minute" as in seconds, minutes and hours, in that spell, and then YEARS later i found out that it's pronounced: Meye-newt as in a small object, and then i put two and two together and went; ah very tricky of you game, nicely done
When I first got the game, I thought it was fur-crag, and the "Fir" was like a fir tree. He apparently pronounce it "fire-crag" himself, which makes me wonder why it doesn't have an "e" in it.
Next name: Melf's Minute Meteors
that's exactly how i used to pronounce it because i thought the same thing, until you meet lord jierken ( or however the holme's name is spelled ) and then he pronounces it "properly"
and with MMM
i remember back in the day i used to pronounce it as: melfs min-ut meet-ee-ores, and i thought to myself why the hell is the word "minute" as in seconds, minutes and hours, in that spell, and then YEARS later i found out that it's pronounced: Meye-newt as in a small object, and then i put two and two together and went; ah very tricky of you game, nicely done
"dh" is often used to represent the hard th sound. Like the "th" in "the", "then" and "there" rather than "three", "thought" or "threat". Like the Greek letter Delta (at least that's what the Silmarillion told me).
I thought that Melf's Minute Meteors was like a flashy commercial. "Melf's Minute Meteors! Solve your problems in a minute or less! Buy a scroll of Melf's new improved Meteors - get them in six seconds, see your enemies dead in sixty!"
(Melf's Quarter of an Hour Meteors wasn't a hit)
And I think the name Bjornin is from the scandinavian Björn (bear), much like Beorn in the Hobbit. So the B wouldn't be silent. It also took me the longest while to realize that Duergar is in fact just another spelling for dvärgar (dwarfs).
I thought that Melf's Minute Meteors was like a flashy commercial. "Melf's Minute Meteors! Solve your problems in a minute or less! Buy a scroll of Melf's new improved Meteors - get them in six seconds, see your enemies dead in sixty!"
(Melf's Quarter of an Hour Meteors wasn't a hit)
If your meteors last for more than four hours consult a physician.
But seriously, that's how I saw it too. Figured it was supposed to be a minute's worth of meteors.
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Maybe we could make this a forum game! You post your own pronunciation of one name, then ask the next poster how to pronounce another name.
I always pronounced Viconia as "Vice-oh-nee-ah" even though I knew it was wrong.
How do you guys pronounce "Pai-Na"?
How do you pronounce Nizidramanii'yt?
what about Thaxll'ssillyia :thinking:
Next name: Solar
Next name: Bohdi
Next name: Firkraag
Next name: Melf's Minute Meteors
and with MMM
i remember back in the day i used to pronounce it as: melfs min-ut meet-ee-ores, and i thought to myself why the hell is the word "minute" as in seconds, minutes and hours, in that spell, and then YEARS later i found out that it's pronounced: Meye-newt as in a small object, and then i put two and two together and went; ah very tricky of you game, nicely done
hmm let's see: Svirfneblin
Bjornin
Next one: Alaundo
(Melf's Quarter of an Hour Meteors wasn't a hit)
And I think the name Bjornin is from the scandinavian Björn (bear), much like Beorn in the Hobbit. So the B wouldn't be silent. It also took me the longest while to realize that Duergar is in fact just another spelling for dvärgar (dwarfs).
How do you pronounce Otyugh (including stress)?
Next name: Yxunomei
Next name: Phaere
How do you pronounce Drizzt?
but in game Drizzt actually pronounces his name as: Driz-zit
Next Name: Cowled Wizard
Next name: Hareishan
Brage!
What about Hakeashar?
Next name: @Demivrgvs
Mutamin
But seriously, that's how I saw it too. Figured it was supposed to be a minute's worth of meteors.
Mutamin: myoo-tuh-min
Next name: Nabassu
(which syllable has the accent?)