Pronounciation Key

General Discussion on the Twilight Universe

Moderators: December, bac, Bronze Haired Girl, cullengirl

Forum rules
Click for Forum Rules
soozabooza54
Frozen in Time
Posts: 1770
Joined: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:35 am
Location: Avoiding Spanish Influenza in Chicago

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by soozabooza54 »

I'm always a little surprised at how many people get Carlisle wrong... hmmm.

I realized that I always say Aro "ay-ro," not "ah-ro." I wondering which one it is.
Image
E<3B
My pop culture blog - check it out! - http://asyetuntitled1.blogspot.com/
BeautifulVeins
Buying a Better Raincoat
Posts: 72
Joined: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:02 am
Location: New Zealand

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by BeautifulVeins »

Destani wrote:I didn't have too many problems with the other names though. Except Didyme. I tried doing a search online. I came up with a bunch of sites that I couldn't understand and one that pronounced it as Di-deem. So I'm still not sure how to say it. I was thinking Dee-di-may or Dee-di-mee when I first read it. Does anyone know for sure?
Okay well I'm pretty sure that Didyme is an ancient Greek/latin name, and in latin all of the syllables have equal stress, and you pronounce it pretty much phonectically. So I think its actually said Di-di-me (me as in the word me, not may.)
"I was thinking, while I was running..."
"About not hitting the trees I hope."
sparklyvampiresXD
Settled in Forks
Posts: 16
Joined: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:51 pm

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by sparklyvampiresXD »

My friend was talking, pronouncing everything wrong and my other friend couldn't understand her, so she said "What are you talking about? I don't speak Carleezle!"

Twas lol.
Image Image Image
I'll keep you my dirty little secret
Edward et Bella. Toujours.
psugar
Hanging Up on Jessica
Posts: 607
Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:15 am
Location: Wait, I live somewhere! That news to me

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by psugar »

No one could understand who I was talking about here is what I said

Carlisle: Carl-aisle
Renessmee: Renee-ezmay or Ren-es-ayz-me

That was about it I think...
Trainee of EDC-Let's break down some houses!
In my version of Twilight Jacob never existed!
Image
TheWolfGirl
Settled in Forks
Posts: 23
Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:36 pm

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by TheWolfGirl »

Bwahahahahaha! :mrgreen: I live in Washington about an hour and a half away from Forks and La Push. I already knew how to pronounce La Push and Quileute. I feel so proud. :D Then there's me and Carlise. >.<

"Oh my god tori! I love Car-lee'-sill so much!"
"Who?"
"Car-lee-sill! Edward's *air quotes* dad."
"*near hysterical laughter* Do you mean Carl-isle?"
"Wait...do I?"
"Yes dork."
"Oh. Ok. that's wierd." :lol:
Jacob Black's Not-So-Secret Stalker! =)
psugar
Hanging Up on Jessica
Posts: 607
Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:15 am
Location: Wait, I live somewhere! That news to me

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by psugar »

I got my grandma to read the books(weird I know
TheWolfGirl wrote: ) and she was like "and Ross a lie is so pretty" I was like you mean Rosalie
"Oh my god tori! I love Car-lee'-sill so much!"
"Who?"
"Car-lee-sill! Edward's *air quotes* dad."
"*near hysterical laughter* Do you mean Carl-isle?"
"Wait...do I?"
"Yes dork."
"Oh. Ok. that's wierd." :lol:
Trainee of EDC-Let's break down some houses!
In my version of Twilight Jacob never existed!
Image
spookybell
Part of Carlisle's Clan
Posts: 2125
Joined: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:18 pm
Location: gnawing on Edward's earlobe

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by spookybell »

spookybell wrote:I just got the audio books. I wonder how the reader, Ilyana Kadushin, knows how to pronounce all of these words and if she was able to speak with SM to get the official pronounciation. I love to read books and then listen to the audio. It teaches me how to pronounce things.
Okay, I am only quoting myself because... I want everyone to know that you can NOT rely on the audio books to give you correct pronunciation. Because I live in Washington, I know how to pronounce Hoquium. The reader of the audio does not.

not even close.
Image
Sometimes I am not satisfied with my signature!
AnaBanana
Wandering Through Town
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:14 pm
Location: Stuck in a deadbeat town in the middle of nowhere...

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by AnaBanana »

I did horrible with almost all the pronounciation for the foreign vamps. Like how do you say Kachiri (Cash-eh-ree?) or Sulpicia (Suhl-pee-see-a?) or Alistair (Al-eh-stair?)? Not to mention I completely butchered Siobhan. I was saying "Sib-oh-hand." :oops: Most of my friends just kind of ignored me when we talked about BD, beacause the had no clue what I meant...

My best friend's dad says I can't pronounce any of it because I talk like I'm from South Carolina even though I was PA born and raised. I told him that my cousin lives in South Carolina and she talks better than I could ever hope to...
These volent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume.

~Romeo & Juliet
dragon-girl
Jump Starting Bella's Truck
Posts: 188
Joined: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:41 am
Location: Scotland
Contact:

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by dragon-girl »

AnaBanana wrote:I did horrible with almost all the pronounciation for the foreign vamps. Like how do you say [...] Alistair (Al-eh-stair?)?
Don't you have the name Alistair in America?!
It's a pretty common name here in the UK, but it has a variety of spellings: Alasdair, Alastair, Allister.
You say it Al-as-tair, the tair like 'stair' but without the s.
soozabooza54
Frozen in Time
Posts: 1770
Joined: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:35 am
Location: Avoiding Spanish Influenza in Chicago

Re: Pronounciation Key

Post by soozabooza54 »

Nope, we don't have Alistairs here. Or it's not as common here as it is in the UK. Like Hermione. :)
Image
E<3B
My pop culture blog - check it out! - http://asyetuntitled1.blogspot.com/
Post Reply