Pronounciation Key

[be my escape]

Here is a partial pronunciation key. This is the place to discuss any pronunciation questions. Nahuel anyone???

Carlisle = CAR - lyle
Quileute = QUIL - yute (I asked the Quileute woman working in the Quileute Welcome Center)
Esme = EZ - may/mee (right in the middle of the two sounds)
Rosalie=Rose-ah-lee
Meyer = MY - er
Laurent = Lor-ahnt
Aro: ah-roh
Caius = keye-us (eye as in the word eye)
Palazzo dei Priori = pah-lah-tsoh day pree-oh-ree
La Tua Cantante = lah too-ah cahn-tahn-tay

[NessieCullen]

I say it as nah-Hue-ell, but maybe that's just me.
How do you pronounce Uley? Is it Oo-lee or You-lee or something else?

[Alphie]

I say You-lee for Uley.

And I say Nah-HUE-el for Nahuel. When in doubt, I go with the obvious.

However, I hope I'm not the only person this totally clueless out there. Siobahn is pronounced Sha-Vaun. Pel had a good laugh at me over this one, so please speak up if you didn't know that was how it was pronounced!

[Miss Vengeance]

Haha, you're definitely not the only one.

I kept pronouncing it See-oh-bon. Talk about embarrassing. It's such a misleading name!

[danobanano]

I never had a problem with Renesmee (Re-Nez-May)
until my friend, and I'm not naming names but you know who you are, ruined it for me when she called her
Resume

Thanks a lot

[Andrea S.]

Oddly enough, I only knew how to pronounce Siobahn because of the film "Speak" (starring Kristen, of course).

[lydiane]

I never had a problem with Renesmee (Re-Nez-May)
until my friend, and I'm not naming names but you know who you are, ruined it for me when she called her
Resume

Thanks a lot

lol. okay. Resume. Now that ruins it.

[jenni_elyse]

I never had a problem with Renesmee (Re-Nez-May)
until my friend, and I'm not naming names but you know who you are, ruined it for me when she called her
Resume

Ha ha! That just makes me laugh because I know who you're talking about!

The only name that I had a problem pronouncing was Aro. I always pronounce it like an arrow, but then I have to remember that it's Italian, so the "a" would be pronounced like the "a" in father.

The only reason I knew who to pronounce Siobhan's name was because I just got done reading a book with a name similar to it that had a pronunciation guide. Otherwise, I would have said is see-oh-ban.

[dragon-girl]

The only name that I had a problem pronouncing was Aro. I always pronounce it like an arrow, but then I have to remember that it's Italian, so the "a" would be pronounced like the "a" in father.

Isn't that how you pronounce an arrow anyway, with the sound like in father? (Or is this just my British accent?)

[vamp na hEireann]

Shiobhan is pronounced Shiv-awn.It's basically the Irish version of Joan.