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Re: Pronounciation Key

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I didn't know that about Shiobhan. Thanks so much! 8-)
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dragon-girl wrote:
jenni_elyse wrote: 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. :roll:
Isn't that how you pronounce an arrow anyway, with the sound like in father? (Or is this just my British accent?)
I've never thought that arrow would be pronounced differently in British English, but then again, I never knew pasta was pronounced differently either until I met my friend from England. In American English, the "a" in arrow would be pronounced like the "ea" in heaven.
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ugh. it ruined me when my friend said S-me,
and she also said Em-Meet
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Miss Vengeance wrote:Haha, you're definitely not the only one.

I kept pronouncing it See-oh-bon. Talk about embarrassing. It's such a misleading name!
Oh, I totally said it like that too. I heard the MuggleCast interview and I'm like who the niflheim is she talking about?
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lol. i thought siobhan was pronounce see-oh-bon too. who would though it had such a weird pronounciation? i feel so dumb now. :oops:
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Yeah, I just listened to the audio books. She pronounces Aro like arrow. And Esme and S-may.
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Alphie wrote: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!
Yeah, that's how I say Uley.

But for Nahuel, I always pronounce it like Nah-OUL (tight on the ou part.. and I say it like between an o and a u.) Haha, I think that's my french doing that...
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Thanks! That helps alot! I was saying Siobahn and a couple others wrong. I need to print this out! lol
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Post by vamp na hEireann »

lol. i thought siobhan was pronounce see-oh-bon too. who would though it had such a weird pronounciation? i feel so dumb now.
:lol: Yeah the Irish language does have some pretty weird pronunciations.There's meant to be a line above the a in Siobhán like that but it only makes a difference if you understand the basics of Irish so...yeah.just a bit of useless information. :D
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Post by Our Icy Affection »

I'm still confused.

Is it pronounced as Lay-Push?

or La Push, as in la la la, as it is spelled?

thanks

i thought Siobahn was see-oh-bon too. now its Shiv-awn.

i thought Aro was like arrow when you're talking in english. when you're speaking in italian, i don't think they have the "arrow" sound, so they say ahro.

am i right?
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