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Pronunciation Of Terms

Started by Uncle Twitchy, February 07, 2008, 01:22:03 PM

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Trevelyan

#15
May 02, 2008, 10:33:53 AM
Quote from: CrimsonSuhuy = Suh-hooey in my vocab.
Ditto.

I've got no idea whether that's correct, though.
 

gabriel_ss4u

#16
July 15, 2008, 05:11:24 AM
I can imagine the scene, all of us gamers (as elders) trying to git his name right, sounding like a pig calling contest, and what do you think his (Suhuy's) reaction might be?  LOL!!

sounds like a skit in Dragon Magazine!
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Sargon

#17
July 17, 2008, 01:28:55 PM
as i recall, there are audiobooks of the amber chronicles which were read by zelazny himself.  a few weren't, but enough were that we can probably get msot of them right if any one really cares enough and can find copies :P
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Nihilistic Mind

#18
July 17, 2008, 02:09:43 PM
Alright guys, who's got 'em???
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Arref

#19
July 18, 2008, 01:54:48 PM
Quote from: Nihilistic Mind;226103Alright guys, who's got 'em???

I have a few of them. I found Zelazny's pronunciation surprising on a number of mundane items. But I do not have the second series, where many of the stranger names/places/objects that you list above are found.

And Zelazny doesn't complete the series. They had a professional reader towards the end of the second five set.
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SunBoy

#20
July 19, 2008, 08:47:43 PM
I vote for Soo-hooey too. For whatever's worth.
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weilide

#21
September 04, 2008, 11:35:31 PM
I recently got access to the Blood of Amber audiobook. Pronunciations that caught me off guard:

Frakir: fray-kir (kir rhymes with "near"), emphasis on first syllable.
Suhuy: suh-hooey, emphasis on second syllable.
Fiona: Fi-ona (Fi rhymes with "eye) emphasis on second syllable.

Also I heard the NPiA audiobook about ten years ago. If memory serves, Moire was read "mar."

gabriel_ss4u

#22
April 24, 2009, 03:55:54 AM
Quote from: Arref;226404I have a few of them. I found Zelazny's pronunciation surprising on a number of mundane items. But I do not have the second series, where many of the stranger names/places/objects that you list above are found.

And Zelazny doesn't complete the series. They had a professional reader towards the end of the second five set.

was that abridged or unabridged?
cassette or CD??????

hit me up with a message for answer please.

Also, Wieldie, who narrated the reading????
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weilide

#23
April 24, 2009, 01:24:54 PM
Quote from: gabriel_ss4u;298442was that abridged or unabridged?
cassette or CD??????

hit me up with a message for answer please.

Also, Wieldie, who narrated the reading????

That one was Zelazny himself.
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