Mostly RZ's made-up terms can be figured out phonetically pretty easily. However, a few of them have given me and my various players over the years some pause as to how they should be pronounced. For instance:
spikard: SPIKE-ard? SPICK-ard? spi-CARD?
ty'iga: tie-EE-ga? tie-IGG-uh? TYIE-ga?
Jurt: jert? yert? joort? yoort?
Morganthë: more-GAN-thuh? more-GAHN-thuh? more-gan-THAY?
Just a few off the top of my head. I know there are others. I know how I tend to pronounce each of these, but I've heard these variations, and I'm interested to see if there's a consensus.
spikard: SPIKE-erd
ty'iga: tie-EE-ga or tee-EYEga (I use the 1st)
Jurt: jert
Morganthë: MORE-ganthuh
These are my thoughts on it.
I hope no-one pronounces Logrus as Laugrus - LOL!
(BTW: LOW-gruss)
Quote from: gabriel_ss4uI hope no-one pronounces Logrus as Laugrus - LOL!
(BTW: LOW-gruss)
I've just realized that I've always transposed the g and r in Logrus LOL
'LORE-gus' hmmm. I'll have to fix that.
Quote from: gabriel_ss4uI hope no-one pronounces Logrus as Laugrus - LOL!
(BTW: LOW-gruss)
Er, I've been saying LOH-gruss all this time. :D
Quote from: eeachI've just realized that I've always transposed the g and r in Logrus LOL
'LORE-gus' hmmm. I'll have to fix that.
Hmmm... sounds like a broken pattern idea of weaker other-shadow Logrus;
the Lorguss...
Or maybe a Dr. Who villain.
I noticed the minimal posts eeach, welcome to the board...
Gabriel
Quote from: gabriel_ss4uI noticed the minimal posts eeach, welcome to the board...
Thanks. LOL it's tough keeping up with where the Amber community congregates on the internet. I'm glad I found this place.
Quote from: eeachThanks. LOL it's tough keeping up with where the Amber community congregates on the internet.
Agreed. And welcome, of course :)
Okay: "Suhuy," anyone?
Suhuy = [Soowy] ???
How else can you say it I wonder... ;)
I've always said "Sooie," but I know that can't be right.
OK...
Are yu saying 'soowie', like yer callin a pig?
I pronounce it;
"Sue-huoy" But at 1st I'd just call him "Sue-hey" or ' Sue-way'
I've always put an imaginary 'n' in there... so its kinda like 'Soon-he' or sometimes 'Soon-hewy'. But I've also always known that it was horrible and wrong.
I've always heard it said Soo-hoy
V.
Quote from: gabriel_ss4uOK...
Are yu saying 'soowie', like yer callin a pig?
Well, yes, but there's an "h" at the syllable break, and I put the accent on the second syllable -- "soo-WHEE," as it were.
Suhuy = Suh-hooey in my vocab.
Quote from: CrimsonSuhuy = Suh-hooey in my vocab.
Ditto.
I've got no idea whether that's correct, though.
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!
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
Alright guys, who's got 'em???
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.
I vote for Soo-hooey too. For whatever's worth.
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."
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????
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.